Amazon.com: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (Brown Bear and Friends): 9780805053883: Martin Jr., Bill, Carle, Eric: Books

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Customers love reading this book before bed and find it great for toddlers learning new words, with beautiful illustrations that captivate children's attention. Moreover, the book features great writing with repetition that children can recite even when woken from sleep, and effectively teaches about animals and their senses. However, the sound quality receives mixed feedback - while children love the sounds, some report that the sounds are off. Additionally, customers have mixed experiences with the buttons, with some finding them easy to use while others report them not working.

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• 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

  One of our favorite books

  Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2025

  One of our favorite interactive books! We keep it in the car for a fun activity while riding in the car.
  

• 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

  Great pictures

  Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2025

  Great for children
  

• 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

  Our new favorite book!

  Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024

  Our 2 year old adores this book! He loves to say the animal names and make the animal sounds as we turn the pages. He loves it so much he has the majority of the pages memorized. We love the colors of all our Eric Carle books!
  

• 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

  Perfect book to give at a baby shower!

  Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2024

  I bought this book for my daughters baby shower...it was one of many I bought to give her the gift of a home library for her baby! I know how important reading to your baby/child is and I wanted to make sure my granddaughter had plenty of books to read! This is a board... See more

  I bought this book for my daughters baby shower...it was one of many I bought to give her the gift of a home library for her baby! I know how important reading to your baby/child is and I wanted to make sure my granddaughter had plenty of books to read! This is a board book... great for little hands and perfect until the child is old enough to have real books with thin pages.... this book is a must for every baby!
  

  2 people found this helpful

• 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

  My "when all else fails" entertainment for my baby; works every time to calm him down

  Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2016

  My 9-month old LOVES this book! It's my "when all else fails" entertainment I use when he needs to be settled down. It has pulled us through tough times at the doctor's office and on long trips. My baby enjoys the simplistic, yet textural... See more

  My 9-month old LOVES this book! It's my "when all else fails" entertainment I use when he needs to be settled down. It has pulled us through tough times at the doctor's office and on long trips.

  My baby enjoys the simplistic, yet textural illustrations as well as the strange sounds the animals make. I confess, I bought a barnyard book before this one, thinking my baby would like cow and chicken sounds better than whatever sound a hippo makes, but for him there is no comparison. He really likes all the funky sounds in this book.

  Pros
  - durable pages
  - holds my baby's interest
  - sounds go in order with book (my barnyard book was all over the place with the sound line up)

  Cons
  - some reviewers have complained about battery problems, so check your book as soon as you get it so you will have time to send it back if there is an issue
  - no polar bear sound, which would be nice for the end of the story. I invent my own for the children in the end of the story. Come to think of it though, my son may view this as a PRO since it encourages a little bit of silliness on my part.

  I highly recommend this book!

  35 people found this helpful

• 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

  Fosters decoding skills

  Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2024

  This book is easy for young readers to decode. My three Year old can easily read this book. This book is colorful, its hardcover provides extra support and keeps the pages intact. This book supports repetition which is important for memory and comprehension in reading. I... See more

  This book is easy for young readers to decode. My three Year old can easily read this book. This book is colorful, its hardcover provides extra support and keeps the pages intact. This book supports repetition which is important for memory and comprehension in reading. I strongly recommend this book. The words are easy to understand and stimulates the curiosity and interest in young children which eliminates frustration in reading and promotes confidence and independent readers.
  

  7 people found this helpful

• 4.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

  a classic revisited

  Reviewed in the United States on July 12, 2022

  This twentieth-anniversary edition of the classic “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?”, written by beloved children’s author Bill Martin, Jr. and illustrated by the renowned artist Eric Carle, has been updated with a larger format, a reinforced binding, and an... See more

  This twentieth-anniversary edition of the classic “Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?”, written by beloved children’s author Bill Martin, Jr. and illustrated by the renowned artist Eric Carle, has been updated with a larger format, a reinforced binding, and an accompanying CD of the story read by Gwyneth Paltrow. The book is part of a series of rhythmic, rhyming texts with vibrant, full-color illustrations that introduce toddlers and kindergartners to a host of zoo animals and the sounds they make. In addition to the polar bear, we encounter a lion, hippopotamus, flamingo, zebra, boa constrictor, elephant, leopard, peacock, walrus, and a zookeeper who hears the children as they follow the story with imitations of the animal sounds introduced in the text. It’s a delightful tale sure to engage children and bound to become a favorite bedtime story. The text is large and bold for easy reading by children. However, while the text, drawings, and sensory lessons are most admirable and the book is well worth the price, I have two criticisms. The sounds the animals purportedly make are not always accurate. For example, while lions do, indeed, roar and elephants do trumpet, hippopotamuses do not snort (they grunt, growl, roar, and wheeze), zebras do not bray (they neigh, whinny, and nicker [donkeys bray!]), and peacocks do not yelp (they scream, squawk, and honk). Walruses are the most vocal of the pinnipeds: they growl, tap, knock, grunt, bark, whistle, rasp, and click, but they do not bellow. I’m also concerned about the use of a CD for storytelling. CDs could be useful for older children or for children left to their own devices, but toddlers would benefit most when stories are read to them during bonding sessions with parents, siblings, extended family, and friends. Of course, not all children are lucky enough to have parents or other family members who read to them. These criticisms notwithstanding, “Polar Bear” has many excellent qualities and is recommended. The illustrations alone are worth the price of the book and reading rhymes and evoking sounds are particularly appealing to children. Other books in the series by this dynamic duo include “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?”, “Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do you See?”, and “Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?”
  

  4 people found this helpful

• 5.0 out of 5 starsVerified Purchase

  My toddler loves this book!

  Reviewed in the United States on January 30, 2025

  Came as described with no flaws. My toddler loves this book and we read it every night!