Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear - (Brown Bear and Friends) by Bill Martin (Paperback)

About the Book

"Polar Bear, Polar Bear, what do you hear? I hear a lion roaring in my ear". "Teachers will smile with delight when they see this wonderful book, and students are sure to utter the familiar request, 'Have you got another one like this one?'"--School Library Journal, starred review. American Bookseller Pick of the Lists; Redbook Children's Picture Book Award; School Library Journal Best Book of the Year. Full color.

Book Synopsis

Share the joy of Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? with this extra large edition perfect for reading aloud to large groups of children!

What will you hear when you read Bill Martin Jr.'s poetic text alongside Eric Carle's iconic art in this beloved classic?

Lots of noise!

This book provides a read aloud experience like no other as little ones are encouraged to trumpet like elephants, roar like lions, and bray like zebras. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? is perfect for enjoyment at home or in classrooms, and certain to bring a smile to kids faces as they fall in love with this generationally beloved classic for the first time.

Make sure to check out the rest of the Brown Bear and Friends Series:
-Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
-Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
-Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?

Review Quotes

"Teachers will smile with delight when they see this wonderful book, and students are sure to utter the familiar request, 'Have you got another one like this one?" --School Library Journal, starred review

About the Author

Bill Martin, Jr. (1916-2004) was an elementary-school principal, teacher, writer, and poet. His more than 300 books, among them the bestselling classics Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?; Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?; and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, are a testament to his ability to speak directly to children.

Martin held a doctoral degree in early childhood education. Born in Kansas, he worked as an elementary-school principal in Chicago before moving to New York City, where he worked in publishing developing innovative reading programs for schools. After several years, he devoted himself full-time to writing his children's books. He lived in New York until 1993, when he moved to Texas. He lived in the east Texas woods, near the town of Commerce, until he passed away in 2004.

Eric Carle (1929-2021) was one of America's leading children's book illustrators and authors. Author of more than seventy books, his picture book career started when Bill Martin Jr invited him to create the illustrations for Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? That book that went on to sell millions of copies worldwide and Eric soon began writing and illustrating his own books, eventually creating the bestselling classic The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Born in the United States, Eric also spent many of his early years in Germany where he studied typography and graphic art at the Academy of Applied Art in Stuttgart.

Carle was the recipient of many honors including the American Library Association's Children's Literature Legacy Award and the Original Art Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Illustrators. In addition to writing and illustrating books of his own, he also collaborated on several others, including Bill Martin Jr's Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?, Isaac Bashevis Singer's Why Noah Chose the Dove, and the Eric Carle and Friends' What's Your Favorite picture book series. The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, which Carle and his wife Bobbie founded, opened in Amherst, Massachusetts in 2002.