Jane Foster's Brown Bear Color Book

Toddler-PreS—Two new oversize board book titles join Foster's sophisticated yet age-appropriate concept books for little tots. Brown Bear is a visual treat; introducing the colors of the rainbow with spreads of delightfully patterned artwork, it offers readers the opportunity to interact with both text and images. Page turns reveal a larger and larger stack of circle cutouts on the left side, as more and more of Brown Bear appears on the right side. The final page turn shows a large, colorful flower and a smiling Brown Bear on the opposite side. In Stripy Tiger, tabbed pages present visual clues of the upcoming patterns: stripes, dots, triangles, swirls, and more. The spreads feature illustrations using the mentioned pattern, from swirls on umbrellas to Stripy Tiger flying "high in a swirly balloon." The example for triangles depicts both triangular trees and a tepee, with no mention of Native American tribes. Since this is a board book aimed at young tots, it seems appropriate that caregivers or parents would add further description as needed to the illustration.