Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
by Eric Carle, Bill Martin Jr.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a picture book by Bill Martin Jr., illustrated by Eric Carle, first published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in New York in 1967. Its repeating rhyme helps toddlers learn colours and animal names; Carle made new pictures in 1992.
- Editions tracked
- 2
- First edition
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1967
- First published
- Holt, Rinehart and Winston, New York, 1967
- First UK edition
- Hamish Hamilton, 1984
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- Not yet valued
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- Hamish Hamilton1984 Hardback Not yet valued I own Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, Hamish Hamilton 1984 Log in to want this
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Who published the first edition of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See??
The first edition of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle, Bill Martin Jr. was published in New York by Holt, Rinehart and Winston in 1967.
How many editions of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? are there?
We track 2 editions of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, including 1 first edition. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
How can I tell if my copy of Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a first edition?
Check the title page and its reverse (the copyright page) against the edition: publisher, place and date should match, with no later printing or edition stated. Where we know the issue points, they are listed on the edition's page.
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- Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See%3F, Wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org)
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