Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? is a classic children’s book that is written in such a way that even babies will be able to follow the story, thanks to the simple, repetitive words and sentence structure used — “______ ______, ______, ______, what do you see? I see a ____ ____ looking at me.” — and big, bold illustrations of animals. Children will learn to recognise animals as well as colours, since every animal is ‘assigned’ a different colour, even if that may not be its actual colour, e.g. a blue horse or purple cat.

Here’s a video featuring a song based on the book: