Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

by Bill Martin Jr.

Book Overview

What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child?

Lots of noise

Children will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the sounds the animals make. And they'll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book-- look at the last page

Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle are two of the most respected names in children's education and children's illustrations. This collaboration, their first since the classic...

• Format: Board book
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0805053883
• ISBN13: 9780805053883
• Release Date: September 1997
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Company
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 4.9" x 6.9"
• Age Range: 2 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

Polar Bear

My daughter love the book

The sound system did not work.

The battery panel cover screw heads were damaged and couldn't be opened.

Baby loves it!

I bought this book for my nanny to read to the baby and he can't get enough of it.

Good use of repetition for early readers

This book was well translated. The story still rhymes in the Spanish version and the use of repetition is good for young children as they start to learn to read. The classic Eric Carle illustrations are vibrant and colorful. We read this book often as we work on teaching our children reading and Spanish.

Interactive

This is a fun interactive book about the animals in the zoo and the sounds they make. It's a great vocabulary builder, since it uses words that small kids may not hear every day. The book is quite enjoyable for kids who like animals, and not at all scary. The story may get kids wound up, however, so it might not be the best choice for a bedtime story. The book has about 200 words.

Definite buy

Okay, so you might not be able to make the sounds of the animals (what does a walrus and flamingo really sound like anyway?) but the words they use in this book really help out. With words like "snarling" or "hissing" or "yelping" or trumpeting", it's easy to change your voice and use your body and face to "become" the appropriate animal when you read those words. My 2-year old daughter listened carefully when I read the book for the first time, then took the book and "read" it back to me. Well, she only got the "(animal name), (animal name), what do you see?" as she paged through the book but it only took a few more days before she pretty much memorized all the lines. This only happens with a few books (like The Napping House or Clothesline) so I was pretty surprised. I think it's great for kids to learn other animal names, like peacock and hippopatamus, and other words like for the sounds they make. It gets tiring to always read about puppies and kittens or farm and jungle animals.

A delight for the eyes and ears!

My 15-month old son whose favorite book has been Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You see? has found a new favorite in Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You hear? He shrieks with delight as he hears us make the animal sounds and sees the colorful illustration, Mr. Carle is so well known for. My question is, What next? When can we expect the next in series of wonderful tales of animals living in perfect harmony, accompanied by the beautiful illustrations??