Customer Reviews

Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?

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4 star:		(7)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(2)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

My 18-month old daughter can't get enough of this book! I read Brown Bear, Polar Bear, and Panda Bear in a row, and she's fascinated. She likes turning the pages herself, and the text is simple enough that she can turn pages quickly! She also enjoys pointing out the ears, eyes, noses and mouths on each animal.

A few weeks ago, my 13 month old son came home from daycare with this note on his daily sheet "Today we read Polar Bear, Polar, What Do You Hear over and over again. Everytime I tried to read him another book, he would push it away and point to Polar Bear". Every day since this, his daily sheet has ended with "...and we read Polar Bear" My son has favorite books at home and since he enjoys this one so much, I wanted to add it to our collection. I also ordered the Brown Bear and Panda Bear books, hoping he will like them just as much.

This is a fun interactive book about the animals in the zoo and the sounds they make. It's a great vocabulary builder, since it uses words that small kids may not hear every day. The book is quite enjoyable for kids who like animals, and not at all scary. The story may get kids wound up, however, so it might not be the best choice for a bedtime story. The book has about 200 words.

I just got this book for my 2-year-old nephew, Zachary, because he loves the book "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" by the same people. He asked me to read it to him four times in a row because he loved it so much! He likes it because it uses zoo animals that he loves, like hippos, walruses, zabras, elephants, flamingos, peacocks, polar bears, leopards, and a boa constrictor! (well, I say "snake" when I get to that part because that's how he knows it). The rythm is just like Brown Bear, and he loves it! I recommend it to all young children because it is a fun book.

I bought this book for my 20-month-old daughter a few days ago because she was ready for some new books and really liked Brown Bear, Brown Bear. Well, we've read it about 15 times each day since then. She even took it to bed with her. The pictures are beautiful and it introduces some new animals that we haven't normally talked about. I would definitely recommend it.

When I first started buying children's books for my twins, I was doing it more for me than for them since I knew I'd be the one re-reading it all the time. This was a fantastic book that everyone in my family really enjoys. My girls love to hear the animal sounds as I read about the zoo animals & they love looking at Eric Carle's brilliant illustrations. It also keeps their attention, which trust me, isn't easy at 10 months old. I have a feeling that this will be a treasured book for years to come.

Hands down, "Brown Bear" is better than this.
However, when the two are interchanged regularly, this is also a fun book to read.
My children definitely prefer Brown Bear to Polar Bear, but this requires more parental "animation" to make the book fun.
Still worth the purchase....

I give this 5 stars because it is a GREAT book. My daughter loves it. Of course, I do think Brown Bear What do you see is better. But, they are both great to have!

Being a fan of "Brown Bear, Brown Bear...", I bought this Polar Bear book thinking it would be just as fantastic. However, the obscure animals do not make for good sound affects. While it is easy to hiss like a snake and growl like a polar bear, how do you flute like a flamingo or brey like a zebra? Nonetheless, the book is great for teaching colors and new animals. It has the same charming illustrations that Brown Bear has. (My daughter loves the elephant!) I recommend this book for the vivid colors and pictures, but not for animal sounds. It would compliment your child's book collection wonderfully!

I enjoyed this book when I was little because of the great pictures and the unique or weirder animals rather than the every day animals. This helps learn more animals and to hear the noises they make. That is one of the most exciting things about this book, people trying to impersonate the noises that a wild animal makes. This also teaches kids what noise each animal makes This book was newer when I was in about forth grade and I liked it then even.