| Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? [With CD (Audio)] Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Martin, Bill (Author), Carle, Eric (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 0805090665 ISBN-13: 9780805090666 Publisher: Henry Holt & Company OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts - Sounds - Juvenile Fiction | Animals - Zoos - Juvenile Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: E |
| Lexile Measure: 670 |
| Series: Brown Bear and Friends |
| Physical Information: 0.43" H x 9.25" W x 12.24" (1.06 lbs) 32 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 6088 Reading Level: 2.1 Interest Level: Lower Grades Point Value: 0.5 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Since its publication twenty years ago, Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle's bestselling collaboration, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? has become a perpetual favorite for generations of teachers, parents, and children, selling more than 7 million copies in various formats and languages. To celebrate Polar Bear's 20th birthday, this special anniversary edition is a larger size, has an updated cover, and includes an audio CD. Polar Bear fans will be able to read along as Gwyneth Paltrow reads the story to them. We invite you to enjoy Bill Martin's rhythmic text and Eric Carle's stunning illustrations in a whole new way |
Contributor Bio(s): Martin, Bill: - Bill Martin, Jr. (1916-2004) was an elementary-school principal, teacher, writer, and poet. His more than 300 books, among them the bestselling classics Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?; Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?; and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, are a testament to his ability to speak directly to children. Martin held a doctoral degree in early childhood education. Born in Kansas, he worked as an elementary-school principal in Chicago before moving to New York City, where he worked in publishing developing innovative reading programs for schools. After several years, he devoted himself full-time to writing his children's books. He lived in New York until 1993, when he moved to Texas. He lived in the east Texas woods, near the town of Commerce, until he passed away in 2004.Carle, Eric: - Eric Carle is one of America's leading children's book illustrators. Born in the United States, he spent some time in Germany where he studied at the Academy of Applied Art in Stuttgart. His work has won many awards and has been published in more than a dozen countries around the world. He is author and illustrator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and illustrator of Bill Martin, Jr.'s Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? |