Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? Explained

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?
Author:Bill Martin, Jr.
Illustrator:Eric Carle
Cover Artist:Eric Carle
Country:United States
Language:English
Subject:Zoo, Animals, Sounds
Genre:Children's book
Publisher:H. Holt
Pub Date:October 15, 1991
Media Type:Board book
Preceded By:Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Followed By:Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? is a 1991 children's picture book, written by Bill Martin, Jr. and it is illustrated by Eric Carle. It was published by H. Holt.[1]

Plot

The book is designed to help toddlers identify wild animals (from the zoo) and the noises they make. It features a polar bear, a lion, a hippopotamus, a flamingo, a zebra, a boa constrictor, an elephant, a leopard, a peacock, a walrus, a zoo keeper and some children.

This is a companion book to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, published by Carle and Martin in 1967, replacing the earlier text's colours and common animals with sounds and less common animals.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Online Catalog . catalog.loc.gov . Library of Congress . 13 May 2022.