(series)Toddlers have a lot of important concepts to discover, and in this series of books, they are helped along by Mr. Bear, a little fellow who loves to share what he's learning. Managing to charm us on every page, French illustrator Virginie Aracil provides brightly-colored retro images of the bear and his animal friends.(blurb)For prereaders, getting familiar with shapes is a vital part of finding out about the world, and so here Mr. Bear introduces the circle, square, triangle, rectangle, semicircle, oval, star, and heart. Each shape is represented by familiar items, so that a circle is shown as a ball or the sun, while a star is a snowflake or cookie; all of these images are labeled to help with word recognition.