About the Author

Barbara Barbieri McGrathhas written over twenty books for children, includingThe Little Gray Bunny,The Little Red Elf,The Little Green Witch, and many bestselling math concept books.Her love for writing, children and making learning fun was the inspiration for her first children's book,The M&M Brand Counting Book, which sold over 1 million copies.Shelives in Natick, Massachusetts.

Tim Nihoffis the illustrator of Otter Everywhere (Candlewick). He is also a graphic designer and sculptor who creates toys, furniture, and other "fun fine art" from found objects. Tim lives and works on a small island in Maine.

Reviews

A rhyming text encourages children to participate by counting the bears (which resemble gummy bears), naming their colors, and identifying various shapes. "First one is red./Yellow makes two./A green bear is three./Count four with this blue." Illustrations and text proceed from 1 bear to 12 and clearly develop concepts for colors, shapes, adding and subtracting, and grouping numbers in sets. Children can easily match numbers with corresponding teddy bears and one large number; all are placed on clean white backgrounds. The artwork is hand-drawn digitally in Adobe Photoshop. This title would be a fun way to introduce these basic skills.
—School Library Journal