Bear in a Square

by Stella Blackstone, Debbie Harter (Illustrator), Henry Strozier (Narrated by)

Overview

"An engaging, brightly colored matching game for storytimes or for teaching concepts" — School Library Journal

Help Bear discover just how many shapes make up our world. There are triangles on the waves, diamonds on a crown, and even zigzags around the clown. What other shapes will you find in this rhyming seek-and-find story?

• Includes a QR code to audio and video animation to bring the story to life
• 2-page spread at the end recaps the shapes and colors featured in the books

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781841482873
Publisher:	Barefoot Books
Publication date:	08/01/2000
Series:	Bear
Edition description:	BOARD
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 6.50(h) x 0.79(d)
Lexile:	NP (what's this?)
Age Range:	2 - 6 Years

About the Author

Award-winning author Stella Blackstone has written many of Barefoot's best-selling titles, including the Bear series and the Cleo the Cat series. She has been writing for children for over twenty years. Stella lives in Somerset, UK.

Debbie Harter has illustrated over 20 books for Barefoot, including the beloved Bear series. As a child, Debbie would "lose herself in books (as long as they had pictures)" and hopes to continue doing so until she's very old. She lives in Cornwall, England.

Henry Strozier is a film and Broadway actor and television narrator. He has worked with Discovery Channel, PBS and National Geographic among others. In 2016, he won an Audie award for his narration work and is a two-time Emmy nominee. Henry has narrated over 100 books.

Editorial Reviews

"An engaging, brightly colored matching game for storytimes or for teaching concepts" — School Library Journal

"Bold graphics with bright colors and eye-zapping patterns will draw children to this picture book of shapes" — Booklist

"Circles, rectangles, triangles and other shapes are cleverly combined with rhyming text... Best of all, kids will have fun while they're learning" — New York Daily News

From the Publisher

Blackstone (see review, above) asks readers to "Find the bear in the square" in the first spread, where a bear waves a polka-dot scarf from the window of an apartment building. The simple look of the jewel-toned art evolves as the shapes become less basic; six more bears have joined the first by the time children are told to "Find the diamonds on the crown." A strip on every spread has a pattern of repeated shapesþincluding "zigzag" and "moon" in crescent form, not as elemental as the othersþto help the very young in the search. (Picture book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews