Race Bear

Race Bear’s route toward the finish line introduces kids to color identification.

Each of these charming board books features a friendly animal behind the wheel of his racing car, which he drives over a maze of winding roads toward the finish line. Each book has a set of bright red plastic wheel at front and rear so kids can actually roll them around on the floor like toy cars. When they open the books’ sturdy pages, toddlers are encouraged to use their finger to travel over a maze of roads—around a bend, over a bridge, across an intersection—tracing the right route and avoiding wrong turns and dead ends. Boys and girls can follow clues that appear in each of the full-color illustrations. Each book introduces them to different learning skills, but the main thing they are doing is following the road and having fun! (Ages 3-5)