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Bill Martin Jr. Quotes
20 of the best book quotes from Bill Martin Jr.
01
″ ‘Whew’ said D to E F G. ‘I’ll beat you to the top of the coconut tree.’ ”
Bill Martin Jr.
ᐧ
John Archambault
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
trees
ᐧ
race
ᐧ
alphabet
concepts
02
“A told B, and B told C, ‘I’ll meet you at the top of the coconut tree.’ ”
John Archambault
ᐧ
Bill Martin Jr.
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
directions
ᐧ
meeting people
ᐧ
meeting
ᐧ
alphabet
concepts
03
″ J and K are about to cry.”
John Archambault
ᐧ
Bill Martin Jr.
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
accidents
ᐧ
crying
ᐧ
alphabet
concepts
04
″ Next from the pileup skinned-knee D and stubbed-toe E and patched up F. ”
John Archambault
ᐧ
Bill Martin Jr.
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
hurting
ᐧ
accidents
ᐧ
falling
ᐧ
alphabet
ᐧ
rhythm
concepts
05
“Chicka Chicka boom boom! Will there be enough room?”
Bill Martin Jr.
ᐧ
John Archambault
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
trees
ᐧ
alphabet
ᐧ
meeting
ᐧ
crowd
concepts
06
″ Skit skat skoodle doot. Flip flop flee. Everybody running to the coconut tree.”
John Archambault
ᐧ
Bill Martin Jr.
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
accidents
ᐧ
falling
ᐧ
alphabet
ᐧ
trees
concepts
07
″ Look who’s coming! It’s black-eyed P, Q R S, and loose-tooth T.”
Bill Martin Jr.
ᐧ
John Archambault
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
rhymes
ᐧ
trees
ᐧ
accidents
ᐧ
alphabet
concepts
08
“The whole alphabet up the- Oh, no!”
John Archambault
ᐧ
Bill Martin Jr.
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
falling
ᐧ
alphabet
ᐧ
crowd
concepts
09
″ A is out of bed, and this is what he said: ‘Dare double dare, you can’t catch me. I’ll beat you to the top of the coconut tree.’ ”
Bill Martin Jr.
ᐧ
John Archambault
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
challenge
ᐧ
alphabet
ᐧ
bedtime
ᐧ
to catch up
concepts
10
“Mamas and papas and uncles and aunts hug their little dears, then dust their pants.”
Bill Martin Jr.
ᐧ
John Archambault
authors
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
book
fathers
ᐧ
alphabet
ᐧ
children
ᐧ
taking care of others
ᐧ
mothers
concepts
11
“Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you see? I see a red bird looking at me. ”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
Brown Bear
character
children
ᐧ
to see
ᐧ
looking
ᐧ
birds
concepts
12
“Red Bird, Red Bird, What do you see? I see a yellow duck looking at me.”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
looking
ᐧ
seeing
ᐧ
children
ᐧ
rhythm
concepts
13
“Children, Children, What do you see? We see a brown bear, a red bird, a yellow duck, a blue horse, a green frog, a purple cat, a white dog, a black sheep, a goldfish, and a teacher looking at us. That’s what we see. ”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
to see
ᐧ
looking
ᐧ
colors
ᐧ
children
concepts
14
“Goldfish, Goldfish, what do you see? I see a teacher looking at me.”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
looking
ᐧ
to see
ᐧ
fish
ᐧ
teachers
concepts
15
“Black Sheep, Black Sheep what do you see?”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
to see
ᐧ
black
ᐧ
sheep
concepts
16
“White Dog, White Dog, What do you see?”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
colors
ᐧ
to see
ᐧ
dogs
concepts
17
“Purple Cat, Purple Cat, What do you see?”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
to see
ᐧ
colors
ᐧ
cats
concepts
18
“Green Frog, Green Frog, What do you see?”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
colors
ᐧ
green
ᐧ
to see
concepts
19
“Blue Horse, Blue Horse, What do you see?”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
to see
ᐧ
horses
ᐧ
blue
concepts
20
“Teacher, Teacher, What do you see? I see children looking at me.”
Bill Martin Jr.
author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?
book
children
ᐧ
looking
ᐧ
to see
ᐧ
teachers
concepts
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accidents
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hurting
falling
rhythm
crowd
rhymes
challenge
bedtime
to catch up
fathers
children
taking care of others
mothers
to see
looking
Brown Bear
birds
seeing
colors
fish
teachers
black
sheep
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cats
green
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