When asked at school to tell about their favorite book when they were little, both of my girls (now 11 and 8), named this book! They still enjoy reading it, and I think they're glad to have an excuse to read it to their younger brother (age 3). The story tells about a baby bear and some of the struggles he has learning how to do things for himself, something every child can relate to. It also shows how he still needs his parents to be there for him even when he can do some things on his own. It's a great snuggle up and read together book for kids of all ages (and their parents!).

This is a wonderful children's book. It's aim is to inculcate into children the importance of physical fitness, the fun of games, and the spirit of fair play. Janelle Cherrington's and Tom Brannon's adaptation of the Bear in the Big Blue House episode by Chris Moore is clever, colorful, and fun. The story, like other stories by the gifted Moore, offers an important lesson to children -- that the desire to win in sports, in games, and in life, is not any more important than the spirit of fair play and generosity, and that the two qualities are not mutually exclusive. Moore's expert storytelling imparts to children the idea that the striving for excellence is not more important than the recognition of everyone's gifts and worth. Yet again, Chris Moore has given child readers fun and philosophy. Excellent!!!

I read this book aloud to my son's Kindergarten class and they really enjoyed it. They had just finished making an "All-together Picture" as a class project. It hadn't turned out anything like they imagined. When I read this book to them, they could relate to the characters struggling with the paint, the water, the paper and their disappointment when their individual picture didn't turn out as expected. Just as the characters in the book are pleasantly surprised by the end result so was this class. This book tied the whole experience together and showed them the meaning of working together to make something beautiful. The illustrations are bright and colorful. Young children will see themselves in these adorable toy animals painting, helping each other and marveling at their final creation.

This book tickled me as well as the children I read it to. The bear and the alligator are very funny together.

The illustrations in this book seem to me extraordinary, and my two-and-a-half-year-old daughter seems to agree; this book is her current favorite. She calls this book "Chase Yellow Leaf" -- which is how the whole story gets started: Oliver is a little bear whose mother is hanging out the wash and whose father is raking the leaves; Oliver chases a yellow leaf being whipped around in the autumn breeze -- chases it all the way into the woods, where he suddenly finds himself lost. But he soon figures out how to find his way home.

Back to the illustrations: the palette is muted, which I find a welcome relief from -- and less condescending than -- the primary reds, blues, and yellows of many books for toddlers. These illustrations also simply illustrate, without the jarring style of some "nouveau" illustrators or the phony cartoony look of many books. The illustrator has created a charming bear cottage at the edge of a wood, and it's a world that seems somehow familiar, faintly nostalgic, and complete -- not quite of this time, and timeless.

The story itself is told in a rhythm that my daughter seems to love: when we read this book, I often pause to let her fill in the blanks -- she knows the words of the story by heart.

At any rate, I've read hundreds and hundreds of children's books to my kids, and this one is truly special.

My daughter loves this story. She loves cute, pudgie Omar and the other bears. She loves iceskating and drawing. I love the subtle message of "try, try again." We read this one over and over and over. - And I don't mind!

A great board book for young children to use. Can show kids what they can do! About animals with excellent color illustrations, and I recommend it for students K through the 2nd grade. Also recommended for teachers and parents.

Mouse and Mole are two teensy-tiny creatures in the woods. There's a BIG GIANT hungry bear there too. "Then, one dark night. . ." Mouse and Mole venture out and travel through the woods. Meanwhile the bear is getting hungrier and hungrier. Of course, they meet. . .and, the ending will surprise you! You will fall in love with the characters because the illustrations are so well done. But the best part of all for me, as a teacher, is the rhythm and rhyme of this story. Kids love to hear good verse and Lisa Wheeler has it!

Spectcular text language, heartfelt, and friendship at its finest! The illustrations are beautiful. Duke and Oregon will steal your heart if the illustrations don't do it first! A teacher from Michigan.

Bill Martin's "Brown Bear, Brown Bear" is an early childhood classic, and this Spanish translation maintains all of the qualities that make it a hit with younsters. The captivating illustrations soothe even the most rambunctious of tots. The lyric repetition of language make it a natural for developing Spanish literacy or communication skills.