NMLP P-036469 · True-first precedence · minted 2026-07-19
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
Bill Martin Jr. (illus. Eric Carle) · Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1967 true first); later reissued by Henry Holt · 1967
The scarce 1967 HRW printing is the true first. Carle later produced new sets of artwork for the book; counting the original, there are four complete sets of illustrations. The widely circulated repainted version (with archival hand-painted papers and a brighter palette, plus a text change on the final page) is a 'first thus,' not the 1967 first.
Full identification guide for this title →
New Mexico Literacy Project — True-first precedence NMLP P-036469 for "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" by Bill Martin Jr. (illus. Eric Carle) (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-036469, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).