100 Bears Hardcover – March 18, 2014

I love the illustrations and colors in this book. The story is very clever and I was always interested to turn the page and see what would happen next.

Perfect book!we lost the first one what we bought. Our boy was so sad(he is 3), so we bought another one He was so happy!

My 3 yr old loves this clever book! His favorite at the moment.

Love this book! The graphics are beautiful. This is the kind of children's book adults want to buy for themselves - My four year old has a lot of fun with it. I can't wait to see what Magali Bardos in the future. Such a fan.

Oh lord. I understand the appeal of this book, but...Okay, good things first. The illustrations are beautiful--they're colourful and clever and chock-full of retro appeal. In fact I'd say that the "retro appeal" of the pictures is the whole point of the book (it's not actually "retro"--the original French version was only published a year and a half ago--but it definitely has a nostalgic style).But as to how successful it is as a children's book, well...As a counting book it's not that great. Yes, there are the correct number to "things" on each page, from one to a hundred, but they neither connect as a narrative nor does each page work entirely on its own. In other words, the book makes no sense.Besides that, at over 50 pages I think that children young enough to enjoy a counting book might get bored or frustrated before finishing this one. Perhaps if there was more to look at on each page (like an I Spy book or a Richard Scarry book, or even the far superior 100 Hungry Monkeys!). As it is, each page is very busy but also quite monotonous.All in all it's the sort of book that adults might buy for children because they themselves like the artwork, but that, I think, is its main appeal.Also, this just needs to be said: There are not 100 bears at the end of the book! Why even call the book that? Was I supposed to count how many bears appear in the whole book? That is a lot less fun than it might seem. It drove me nuts.My four-year-old lost interest in this book about half way through and didn't ask to re-read it (damning with faint praise, I believe).For more reviews, please visit my blog, Cozy Little Book Journal.

Just love this book and so does my granddaughter. Was quickly delivered and in v good condition.

Great book for little lovers of counting and parents weary of standard cutesy art in educational books for children. Our 3-year old is interested in all numbers between 20 and 100 at the miment and this offers a great way to explore them together while also appealing to grown up aesthetics and sense of humour.

Beautifully illustrated and printed, with humour and intricate details on each page which keeps your child engaged. We all love this book!