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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? | Bill Martin
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A big happy frog, a plump purple cat, a handsome blue horse, and a soft yellow duck-- all parade across the pages of this delightful book. Children will immediately respond to Eric Carle's flat, boldly colored collages. Combined with Bill Martin's singsong text, they create unforgettable images of these endearing animals.
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N_Pollock

“Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? I see a red bird looking at me.“

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N_Pollock

This is such a classic book and well known and loved. A fun idea could be after reading, have students arrange the animal images in the correct sequence from the story. This helps with understanding narrative structure and order.

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N_Pollock
Pickpick

“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?“ features a repetitive, rhythmic text that introduces various animals and colors, making it engaging and interactive for young readers. Eric Carle's vibrant, collage-style illustrations captivate children's attention and help them learn to recognize animals and colors. This classic book is perfect for read-aloud sessions and is an excellent tool for fostering early reading skills and a love for books.

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katemccord

“Purple cat, purple cat, what do you see?“

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katemccord

When reading this book, children can learn all different kinds of things like animals and colors while also building repetition and listening skills!

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katemccord
Pickpick

This is a classic poem book for young children. It's a very easy book and allows for children to boost their confidence in reading. Love this book!

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Kylenbosworth

“Red bird red bird what do you see? I see a yellow duck looking at me.“

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Kylenbosworth

This is a very simple yet enjoyable book for preschool children and even toddlers. It doesn't require a high level of attentiveness because it is very simple and easy to follow along. I love it!

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Kylenbosworth
Pickpick

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr is a classic poetry book that uses simple words yet vibrant images to make the story come alive. It is about a bear that comes across a variety of beautiful and colorful animals. It uses repetition by repeating the same line on every page, but with a different animal!

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dbeam
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I have always loved Eric Carle illustrations as I find they can turn a somewhat bland book into something much bigger. This book is great as it is very simple and can be read to younger children, but also teaches literary elements like rhyming. Great book.
Published 1967
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ZTReader

“Brown bear, brown bear, what do you see? I see a red bird looking at me.“

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ZTReader

Discover the vibrant world of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr.! Illustrated by Eric Carle, this beloved classic takes young readers on a delightful journey through rhythmic, repetitive text that explores animals and colors. Perfect for storytime, it fosters observation skills and early literacy, captivating and inspiring the imaginations of little ones everywhere.

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ZTReader
Pickpick

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. features Eric Carle‘s vibrant collage art, captivating young readers with bold colors and textured illustrations. The book‘s repetitive structure encourages observation and recognition of animals and colors, fostering early literacy skills. Overall, it celebrates creativity and the joy of learning, making it an essential read for children.

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JackHowley5

Great story for children to have fun reading or listening to

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JackHowley5

“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? I see a red bird looking at me.”

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JackHowley5
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see is a book that features a lot of repetitiveness about a brown bear walking through the book observing his surroundings. This book is well written and very fun to read.

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Blueberry
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I used to teach an art class using Eric Carle books.

#Brown #CoverLove
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🐻❤️📚 5mo
Eggs Well-loved book ❤️🐻🤎 5mo
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LiseWorks
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Eggs Love Carle 🤎🐻🤎 5mo
kspenmoll Brown bear!!🐻 5mo
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Kshakal
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Eggs A classic! 2y
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victoriaberns

Id love to incorporate classic books like this one and so many others into my classroom.

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victoriaberns
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Picture book. Published 1967. This is a great classic story that children of all ages have either heard of or know off the top of their heads. I grew up reading this story with my Grandma and it brings back so many memories.

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emileescengie

“And a teacher looking at us, that‘s what we see”

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emileescengie
Pickpick

The illustrations in this book are so defining that it is eric carle. The repetitiveness in the book keeps it clear to understand for little kids. Perfect book for beginning readers.

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IndoorDame
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Pickpick

Toddlers adore this simple book!!!

And if we ever needed proof that book bans have gotten out of hand in America this book is it. In 2010 the Texas board of ed. confused the author of this book with a philosopher of an almost identical name who teaches (among other things) Marxist theory, and banned this book… scared perhaps that hidden messages would lead their 3 yr olds to reject capitalism????

#BBRCPictureBookLetterB @LibrarianRyan

MemoirsForMe How nuts is that! 🙄 2y
MerlinTheSlightlyAwkward That‘s wild 😳 2y
MatchlessMarie Omg 😆 2y
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5feet.of.fury I remember when that happened! I was teaching preK at the time at Boys and Girls Club and we were gifted copies for all the students! It‘s a cute book, but yeah the people doing the book banning aren‘t very good at research 🤣 2y
Sparklemn @5feet.of.fury Yet they see themselves as the arbiters of morality. 🙄 Yikes! 2y
LibrarianRyan yep, yep, and yep. 2y
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Kshakal
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Pretty 🤎📚 3y
Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 3y
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mandarchy
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If you have gold, wear gold.
But orange will do. #tradition

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mandarchy
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Finally. White dog sees a black sheep and I can wear black to school. This year my school is doing a color rotation so my wardrobe is red, yellow, blue, & green. This #tradition has been a great break.

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mandarchy
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Purple cat sees white dog. We will all be wearing white with a hint of pink for breast cancer awareness today. #tradition

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mandarchy
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Green 🐸 sees purple cat! #tradition @KrisNelson now you know which PJs to wear today. 😏

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mandarchy
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Blue horse sees green 🐸 frog! #tradition

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mandarchy
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Yellow duck sees blue horse, have a happy blue Friday! #tradition

KrisNelson Mandy, I think you need to find another hobby besides Litsy!!! School, Beezus, and Reuel not enough for you??? 3y
mandarchy @KrisNelson HEY! If you aren't in quarantine, you should come pitch in at the Hill. I am so busy just trying to teach, I can't get the books wrapped. I am up to my ears - which is not a lot actually, but a lot because up to my ears in a big part of my library. 3y
mandarchy @KrisNelson I bet things got a little ruff when Facebook went down. What did you do? 3y
KrisNelson I didn‘t even notice it. I spent all day redoing my main library page. 3y
mandarchy @KrisNelson when you finish it, could you do mine? 🤣 3y
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mandarchy
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Red bird sees yellow duck. I wish you could have seen all the red today. Lots of red for Ed and our kids. #tradition

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mandarchy
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Who can remember what Brown 🐻 sees? We'll wear that color tomorrow. #traditions

smalldogs_bigbooks2419 A yellow duck! 3y
Roary47 Red bird 3y
mandarchy @Roary47 You got it! Red bird, we all wear red tomorrow. 3y
Roary47 Awww so cool! 😍 3y
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mandarchy
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Everyone at my school is wearing brown today as the kindergarten start reading Brown 🐻 Brown 🐻 #traditions

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Serotonin
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Loves her book so much tonight 📚❤️

#momlife #bookworm #toddler #toddlerlife #ericcarle

BookwormAHN So cute 😍 3y
TrishB Ahhh ♥️ 3y
Chelsea.Poole Adorable! 3y
Nute Sweet! 3y
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Suet624
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Spent a whole day with Leander yesterday. While not a grandchild, I spent 3 years straight with him, but missed out on the last 9 months. We were so happy to be together again. He and I read many of Carle‘s books yesterday and Leander talked about how many of them were important to him. What an impact this author has had on so many children.

Tamra 💜👏🏾 4y
Megabooks So glad you had that time together! 4y
BarbaraBB He is gorgeous. And what a wonderful post. My kids loved these books too. 4y
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batsy ❤️❤️ 4y
britt_brooke 💚 3y
ValerieAndBooks Wow he has grown so much. I still remember the picture you posted of then-baby Leander looking in the mirror at the library ❤️ 3y
Suet624 @ValerieAndBooks I love that you remember that photo. I know you were partial to it at the time. 🙂💖 while he‘s getting older he‘s still the sweetest mountain bike riding, book reading, cuddly little guy. 3y
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So sad. Eric Carle died on Sunday. I can‘t tell you how many times I read this to my daughter when she was a toddler. I could say it in my sleep, but she never tired of it. Thank you, Mr. Carle!

Soubhiville Oh no, this is the first I‘ve heard of this. So sad. 4y
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Ericaj
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This is MF. This is great for DR. This book has won the Indies Picture Book Hall of Fame. It is about animals saying what they see. This book is great for kindergarten to begin reading or first grade to help with fluency.

Ericaj https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/what-dramatic-play... This article lists the benefits of using dramatic reenactment for young students. UDL 5.1 Use multiple media for communication. ESOL strategy #2 2. Promote cooperation (small groups) #UCFLAE3414SP21 4y
Adodd1 This book is so great for preschool-primary grades and can really help students with things like animal and color recognition. Great resource from scholastic! 4y
PatriciaS I love 💕 animal book 📖 great book for teaching vocabulary words colors and for readers theater 🎭 read aloud lessons, and love your review 👍 4y
DrSpalding Scholastic is a high-quality resource and read aloud or storytelling works well along with dramatic reenactment! 4y
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? 🐻 This MF, S book is a classic book for any elementary classroom. This cute story that I grew up with takes us on a journey through meeting different animals as they explain what each of the sees! This is a great book for primary grades because of the various colors and animals introduced. I see this book is best fit as a storytelling piece. The UDL principle 2.5- illustrate through multiple media...

acassatta is a perfect fit principle for this storytelling piece as we can illustrate the story through puppets. In addition the UDL principle 1.3- offer alternatives for visual information corresponds well with any storytelling book. The ESOL strategy #30 matches well because our storytelling piece involving puppets will encourage the use of diagrams and drawings to identify concepts and relationships seen in the story. 4y
acassatta The following website is the official Eric Carle website. Here we can introduce other forms of literature created by him or learn more about the author. https://eric-carle.com #ucflae3414sp21 4y
PatriciaS Great review 👍 thanks for the wonderful resources too. I love 💕 animal books and sharing that love for animals with our future leaders and they are so much fun to read aloud and teach children great lessons. 4y
DrSpalding Eric Carle‘s website is amazing! You could not have added a better resource. The way you are describing the English learner strategy along with the universal design principle is just right! Using puppets for storytelling as you have seen in class, works quite well. 4y
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the-motherline
Pickpick

This is a great book for practicing animal sounds. Eric Carle‘s signature, super fun illustration.

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CameoD
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? By Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle is a clever and captivating rhyming book that kids can‘t get enough of. The colorful animals mentioned keep them enticed in the book and the repetition keeps them engaged. UDL 2.2 is present because it keeps a persistent structure throughout. This link is a nice rhythmic reading of the book. https://youtu.be/HaDDsT9IAWc

DrSpalding More detail needed. No teaching strategy? 4y
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Johanna414
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Had to run downstairs and grab something. "I'll read to Nina until you come back," Lane says.
Turns out there are perks to having read this book approximately 6 million times in the last 4 years... #raisingreaders

CoverToCoverGirl You‘re dividends have payed off! That‘s awesome! ❤️📖📚 5y
Thousand-Lives How cute! 😍 5y
hes7 Adorable! 5y
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MaddyJ
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This F book is a classic for any early reader. It starts with a brown bear and what he sees. From then on, all of those different animals see other things. The book uses color and rhyming that will get any young reader interested in finding out what they will see next! This is a great book to use for SR, especially with younger students! It is easy to follow along with and can get the students to read with the teacher. #UCFLAE3414SP20

MaddyJ https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plans/teaching-content/class-bear-boo... - This is a resource to creating your own Class Bear Book (something I cannot wait to do)! UDL principle 8.3 (Foster collaboration and community) and EL 26 (Maintain a library of supplementary books and workbooks written in
simple English, which offer additional illustrations for problems) would be accomplished by using this book and creating your own class book!
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Madison_swart I love this book and the resource that you provided is so awesome for teachers to use in their classes! 5y
hadassajl Eric Carle is one of my favorite authors! I absolutely love the resource you chose. Creating a Class Bear Book sounds like the best idea! 5y
DrSpalding Shared reading is an excellent strategy and your resource, encouraging the creation of a text innovation is fantastic. Create class books often with your students. I always tried to make enough so that at the end of the year every child could go home with a class book created by their peers.❤️📚 5y
PatriciaS Love this book 📖 great review 👍 will be adding to my list 😊 great for reading aloud lessons and activities. 4y
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Lf196117

There isn‘t a specific quote I enjoy about this book because there is a lot of repetition. I think a teacher should read the “what do you see” in the same rhythm each time to create almost a song effect to this book.

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Lf196117

I would only read this book to an infant or toddler classroom. It‘s too easy for anyone over. A teacher could use silly voices for each animal to make it a more enjoyable read for the students.