Bear in a Square is a bright and colourful board book that is great for babies and young toddlers to learn about shapes and counting.

The different basic shapes/patterns — squares, circles, triangles, ovals, stars, diamonds, hearts, crescents and even zigzags — are cleverly integrated into the illustrations, with each spread focusing on one shape for the little ones to search out and count; there are also lots of little interesting details in the illustrations that will hold a toddler’s attention.