<P> Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a children's picture book published in 1967 . Written and illustrated by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle, the book is designed to help toddlers associate colors and meanings to objects . </P> <P> The book itself has little to no plot . Instead, the narrator asks various animals what they see with the response usually being another animal, the respondent is then asked what they themselves see, and the process is repeated . It features a Brown Bear, Red Bird, Yellow Duck, Blue Horse, Green Frog, Purple Cat, White Dog, Black Sheep, a Goldfish, a Teacher or a Mother, and Students or Children . The 1984 British edition of the book substitutes a monkey for the teacher . Carle explained that variations in text between editions (mostly on the last page) were due to Martin, and that he made new illustrations to go with the changes . </P> <P> Carle and Martin published three spin - off books: Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? (1991) uses zoo animals and sounds; Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? (2003), endangered species; and Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See? (2007), North American animals . </P> <P> The book was one of the "Top 100 Picture Books" of all time in a 2012 poll by School Library Journal . As of 2013, it ranked 21st on a Goodreads list of "Best Children's Books," and the publisher claimed that there were "7 million copies in print in various formats and languages ." </P>

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