18. Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear? [picture]

By: Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
Illustration by: Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
Genre: Children's picture book
Subgenre: Children's fiction
Theme: Informing what do animals sounds like
Primary characters: Polar bear
Awards: N/A
Date of Publication: 1991
Publishing Company: Henry Holt and Company
Summary: This books goes through many animals asking what do they hear. This book helps children identify animals and the sounds that each animal makes. This would be great anticipatory set for a class project. Children can draw their own animals and put what they sound like. You can easily print out worksheets and coloring sheets for this famous book. There are many books that these authors do that are also similar to this one.