Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

This well-known picture book is much used and enjoyed in infant classrooms. The rhythmic text and clear, large illustrations combine very effectively to encourage oral participation, prediction and recall. A dual text version of any popular title is obviously a welcome addition and this is no exception; the Turkish text is well spaced in relation to the English and clearly distinguished by using a slightly different and bolder font. However, I can’t help feeling there’s been a missed opportunity in this title to provide all readers with the words for colours in Turkish. An older group of children (or adults) might be drawn to analyse the ‘other language’ text to see if they can isolate the colour words, but for the intended audience, an accessible resource could have been provided by superimposing the words onto the rainbow of colours at the front and back of the book. (Available in 17 dual language editions.)