With more than 7 million copies in print in various formats and languages, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Is one of the most treasured children's books of all time. Now, more than 40 years after its first printing, this classic is finally available as an audiobook. The narration, provided by Academy Award winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, comes from a Grammy-nominated recording, which is sure to bring warmth and humor to children and parents alike.

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Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

Bill Martin Jr. (Author), Eric Carle (Author), Gwyneth Paltrow (Narrator)

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Listening Length	11 minutes
Author	Bill Martin Jr., Eric Carle
Narrator	Gwyneth Paltrow
Audible.com Release Date	August 04, 2009
Publisher	Macmillan Audio
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B002KE9BVI
Best Sellers Rank	#11,130 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #4 in Early Reading Audiobooks for Children #8 in Audiobooks on Bears for Children #102 in Animal Fiction for Children

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JenniferTop Contributor: Baby

6 month olds favorite book

Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2018

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Let me tell you why my 6 month old son(and we his parents) love this book so much.

For starters, it just flows. Most other baby books are so scattered. You’ll somehow memorize this book after 2-3 times you’ve read it.

Minimal text! And it keeps the same pattern of words but changing the animals out.

It’s colorful!! Big animals on the pages and nothing else.

It’s small and compact and a board book so no papercuts. Plus the quality of this book is nice and thick and holding up nicely after excessive use.

Go ahead and get Polar Bear, Polar Bear, and Panda Bear, Panda Bear while you’re at it.

I’d pay more than we paid for this book- it’s a staplepiece to a babies library.

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Eric

This is one of our favorite books. We have printed out pictures of each ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2016

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This is one of our favorite books. We have printed out pictures of each of the animals in the book, laminated them, and then hide them in my 3 year old's bedroom with a removable tacky putty. I move them around as she remembers where they are, but as we read the book, I ask her to find the animals. I also made her binoculars by putting colored paper around two toilet paper rolls that I hot glued together and attached a string at one end to go around her neck, when monitored. She loves it and it makes the book and story that much more enjoyable. The hard board book is very durable and great!

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The best baby book!

Reviewed in the United States on October 24, 2018

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This book has been almost a daily read for my baby. From infant until now at 15 months my baby has loved this book and already able to say most of the words. This book is interactive(theres a slide-and-read version as well), rhythmic, it expresses shapes, colors, you can introduce the names of the animals, & the sounds the animals make. My baby sings "brown bear brown bear" whenever he sees the book on the shelf or around the house.

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Katie

but what I have read I enjoyed. I can remember reading this book to my ...

Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2016

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I have always been a fan of anything Eric Carle, and this was no exception. I haven't read as much of Bill Martin Jr.'s writings, but what I have read I enjoyed. I can remember reading this book to my younger brother when he was little, and now I get to do the same with my son. The illustrations are so unique and eye catching. I really like this book because it also helps teaching the names of many types of animals. It is a good length for a quick story, but long enough that you may not have to read more than one. The phrases is this book flow nicely, and always make my son smile. If you are just starting to find books for you little one, this is a good choice, as well as Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (Board Book) by Bill Martin Jr and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

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Eve

Great book for young infants!

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2016

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Its hard to find books newborns and infants... They wont really pay attention to many books, and I have PLENTY that I have tried. I started reading this to my son starting at 1-2 months and he has loved it! He is now 7 months and loves it too! Its short, sweet, and has a cute rhythm to it (does not rhyme). The pictures are vibrant enough to catch his attention and not overly cluttered. There is just one animal on each page and babies love that... Clear outline of an animal. I have other books with seemingly pretty illustrations that are bright and colorful but my son could care less about those.

I highly recommend this book and even buy it as gifts for new moms! It is a classic for every nursery.

Also, I want to note that I dont get sick of reading it over and over...

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Lucky Jane

Must Have Book

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019

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This wonderful book with colorful pictures will make a reader out of most children. You read the book with the child a couple of times. Next thing you know the child is reading the book. In the back are some basic comprehension exercises. These tasks assure you that your child can read and does not have the book memorized. Instead the child knows the names of the individual words.

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AshleyTop Contributor: Children's Books

I wasn't sure my toddler would actually like this because of its illustrations

Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2017

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Despite this book being a classic, I wasn't sure my toddler would actually like this because of its illustrations. But I was wrong...he loves this book! Great book for teaching basic animals and practicing animal sounds together.

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Mrs. Santa

A Go-To Gift for Young Children

Reviewed in the United States on February 23, 2017

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This is a re-purchase - kids love to slide the little hiding places open and closed to expose each thing that Brown Bear spies, so it's a go-to gift whenever there's a little one needing a board book. The colors are bright, the pages are sturdy and the story holds their attention. With adults reading to them, they'll soon learn colors and various kinds of animals, and the last page exposes them to the concept of a classroom and teacher. As with any book, the child will get out of it as much as the reader puts into it, so it's an especially fun book to spend a lot of time on, asking the child questions ("Are cats really purple?" "What's the dog doing?"), pointing out letters of the alphabet that are also in the child's name, getting them psyched about things that happen at school, etc. This book is great to give to new grandparents (or aunts/uncles or babysitters) to keep at their houses for special one-on-one time, and it's short enough that it can be a good going-to-bed book.

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Musings by Mom

Will not go wrong with this book!

Reviewed in India on March 8, 2018

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Eric Carle books are widely read by young children all over the world. Well loved is Brown bear , brown bear..
They make excellent choice for children under age 2.
My toddler loves this book, if it gets picked up by her we end up reading many a times.
The constant repitition makes it more rhythmic for the young ears.
Very small children enjoy repitition in everything be it any kind of work..they would want to do it again n again and
Brown 🐻 bear, uses repitition in every page.
"Brown bear,
Brown bear,
What do you see?

I see a red bird
Looking at me.

Red bird
Red bird
What do you see?

I see a yellow duck
Looking at me

So this goes on
Each two pages has one big bold colourful artwork of animals.
Introduction to some animals and birds and some colours.

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Best book for 2-3yr olds.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 23, 2017

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Lovely quality book. Rigid card pages but a soft padding on the front cover. Beautiful bright coloured pictures. Clear large print text inside. My 2year old loves the story so much and sits there reciting it pretending that she's reading to us. One of the best things I've ever bought my little girl and she has every book and toy under the sun!

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emlep

Great book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 2, 2019

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A classic! I read this to my children a generation ago and now it’s available in a board version for my little granddaughter. The rhythmic pattern of this book, and its mention of various animals and colours, is ideal for pre-speakers and tight through to early readers

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Stephanie H.

Fine

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 14, 2018

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I have a copy of this already for my 1 year old and purchased this for his 1 year old friends birthday - I obviously didn’t read the small print because this is paper back and I wanted board book and also a couple of the pages are different so it must be a different edition!

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Denise

The repetitive wording makes it really easy for her to join in she will say one ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 9, 2017

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My 5 year old daughter loves this book! The repetitive wording makes it really easy for her to join in she will say one part and I say the other super fun and interactive book to read together, and my youngest 20 months loves to point at the animals say what they are make their sound!! Super useful when mama needs to do laundry

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T Singh

Perfect for newborns

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2014

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The rhythm of this book makes it a pleasure to read to my son.

I've read this book over and over. The upbeat rhythm prevents it from ever getting monotonous - even after 6 months.

I can even recite this book to my son without looking at the book. Just keep to the rhythm and make up the animals... I see a purple duck, yellow zebra and so on.

I highly recommend this book for parents of newborns. Your child will eventually recognise this book from the way it's read.

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Mrs. S. A. Beaven

Great toddler book !

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2019

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Perfect toddler book. Given as a new big sister present so she can read to her baby sister. Colourful pictures. Very pleased although I think book could have been more protected in packaging as it just came in a bag, no padding. But otherwise I'm really happy

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ck22

One of the best classic books

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 12, 2019

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Wonderful book. A simple rhyming story, with bold colourful illustrations introducing a new colour and animal on every page. Teaches, colours and names of animals, all wrapped up in an easy to read lilting rhyme. Always one of the most popular books in our house for little ones.

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MC Cat

I see...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 22, 2018

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I have a great affection for this book as I have many happy memories of reading it with my children and it did it’s job of helping them to learn the names of colours very well. This was a gift for a friend's one year old. I hope she loves it.

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April

Great children's collection book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 9, 2015

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I first read this book to my children when they were under five they are now in their thirties and mid twenties. I have also read it to my first granddaughter when she was a little girl and I bought this book for my second granddaughter who is 4 years old. We all love this book, it teaches children rhyming, colours and the different animals. I gave it four stars because I would have preferred if the book was available as a board books.

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Yas

Highly recommend

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 12, 2020

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I bought a bunch of Spanish books to read to my toddler and this one is my favourite. I love the repetition on every page. It teaches children about colours and animals. 10/10

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Awesome Awesome Awesome! for my 2-3year olds

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on July 14, 2019

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Fantastic book! Really got my 3 year old daughter talking, reciting and smiling. It is very engaging. So happy with it, i may get the rest of the series after she throughly masters this one.

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Perfect

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 7, 2020

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This is my two year old favourite book in nursery so she was ecstatic when it arrived. Good solid book and a lovely learning story for children. Worth every penny

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A.L.

Best book ever purchased for my daughter

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 8, 2020

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One of the best book I have ever purchased for my daughter. It is so memorable that she can pretend reading it. Babies/toddlers will learn animals, colours and how to use the adjective. It's so enjoyable and fun, my daughter loves it.

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DJFearRoss

Perfect to teach English

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 5, 2012

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English isn't my childs (2.5yrs old) first language and I bought a load of books of Amazon trying to help. I went through most of the books and my child sat there listening and enjoyed most of them, however this is the only book in which he tries to speak English! I left this book for last because when I flicked through it, it looked as boring as hell. But it is so repetative, my child seems to enjoy it and makes the effort to repeat the short sentences. SUCCESS!

The old saying, "don't judge a book by its cover", is very true here.

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