Brown Bear, Brown BearFran S
Brown Bear, Brown Bear
by Fran S · first published 2020
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear is an excellent book for very young children (say, under 2 years old). It’s not a deep book, but it is not trying to be. It has attractive clear illustrations of one animal per page, a simple repeating…
on “Eric Carle has died” ↗My kid went thought a phase of really liking "Brown Bear, Brown Bear." Probably about the same age. And I think you're right -- it's the anticipation of seeing what the next animal / color combination will be. Another one in a similar vein, which my kid liked, was "Here…
on “Eric Carle has died” ↗Rosie Revere Engineer. https://www.amazon.com/Rosie-Revere-Engineer-Andrea-Beaty/dp... Also, I wrote a 900 word review of Brown Bear, Brown Bear analyzing it's subverisve warning about today's surveillance state. Pretty proud of that one. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/cr/0805092447
on “What's your favorite children's book?” ↗I don't like this idea of grouping them all as similar. There's a huge range of toddler-focused books, some are great, some are awful, most are in-between. Brown Bear, Brown Bear from Carle himself is mediocre junk. It's just colors and animals, and has no character, no narrative, no arc. The Hungry, Hungry Caterpillar is an amazing, astounding masterpiece. It is usually printed…
on “Eric Carle has died” ↗