3 favourite ERIC CARLE & BILL MARTIN Jr bear books

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3 new board books featuring bears, 24 - 28 pages in each. Books measure 13 x 18 cm. Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle are two of the most respected names in children's education and children's illustrations. These 3 books show two masters of storytelling and illustration at their best.

BABY BEAR, BABY BEAR, What do you see?

by BILL MARTIN Jr, pictures by ERIC CARLE

Baby Bear meets all sorts of different animals until he finally finds what he is looking for - his mother. Told through Bill Martin's rhythmic text and Eric Carle's vibrant images - this is a companion title to the much-loved classic Brown Bear Brown Bear, What Do You See?

POLAR BEAR, POLAR BEAR, What do you hear?

by BILL MARTIN Jr, pictures by ERIC CARLE

Young children are introduced to the wonderful world of sound in this brightly illustrated companion board book to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Zoo animals from polar bear to walrus make their distinctive sounds for each other, while children imitate the sounds for the zookeeper

What will you hear when you read this book to a preschool child? Lots of noise! Children will chant the rhythmic words. They'll make the sounds the animals make. And they'll pretend to be the zoo animals featured in the book - take a look at the last page!

BROWN BEAR, BROWN BEAR, What do you see?

by BILL MARTIN Jr, pictures by ERIC CARLE

Colour and animals are used in this book alongside a simple rhyming text and lots of repetition. The question and answer technique takes the reader through a range of animals and colours – a big green frog, a plump purple cat, a cheeky brown monkey, etc. in this book which children will quickly learn by heart.

Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours. Each spread leads seamlessly into the next and young children will delight in Eric's colourful collage animals and simple repetitive language. Appealing animals in bold colors are seen and named in a rhyming question-and-response text that delights as it invites young readers and listeners to participate actively.

About the author and illustrator

Bill Martin Jr (March 20, 1916 - August 11, 2004) was an educator, publishing executive, and author of more than 300 children's books, always working with a carefully chosen illustrator. He liked to collaborate and to make many revisions until the words sounded exactly right. His first book, The Little Squeegy Bug, was published in 1945, with illustrations by his brother Bernard Martin. He was one of the first children's book authors to promote his books by touring schools and bookstores. At these appearances he read aloud to the children, often with music and dancing. He believed in instilling interest in children and helping them remember new words through rhythm and repetition.

Eric Carle is acclaimed and beloved as the creator of brilliantly illustrated and innovatively designed picture books for very young children. His best-known work, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, has eaten its way into the hearts of literally millions of children all over the world and has been translated into more than 25 languages and sold over twelve million copies. Since the Caterpillar was published in 1969, Eric Carle has illustrated more than sixty books, many best sellers, most of which he also wrote.

Eric Carle's art is distinctive and instantly recognizable. His art work is created in collage technique, using hand-painted papers, which he cuts and layers to form bright and cheerful images. Many of his books have an added dimension - die-cut pages, twinkling lights as in The Very Lonely Firefly, even the lifelike sound of a cricket's song as in The Very Quiet Cricket - giving them a playful quality: a toy that can be read, and in the case of The Very Busy Spider, a book that can be touched. Children also enjoy working in collage and many send him pictures they have made themselves, inspired by his illustrations. He receives hundreds of letters each week from his young admirers. The secret of Eric Carle's books' appeal lies in his intuitive understanding of and respect for children, who sense in him instinctively someone who shares their most cherished thoughts and emotions. Eric Carle has two grown-up children, a son and a daughter. He lives with his wife Barbara in Northampton, Massachusetts.

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3 Eric Carle board books - Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? and Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?