Author: Bill Martin Jr.
Title: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Illustrator: Eric Carle
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Year: 1992
Genre: Concept book
Format: Hardcover
Reading Level: Assisted, emergent reader
Interest level: Pre-k, early elementary
Topics: colors, animals, teacher, children
Summary: Brown bear sees red bird. Red bird sees yellow duck. Yellow duck sees blue horse. Blue horse sees green frog. Green frog sees purple cat. Purple cat sees white dog. White dog sees black sheep. Black sheep sees goldfish. goldfish sees a teacher. Teacher sees children. Children then list off everything looking at them.
Extension Activity: Assign each child a color and have them draw an animal with that color. Have children color pictures of things that they see. Have children practice spelling the colors on lined paper.