Yusuke Yonezu – Squares

Published in board book form by Minedition, £7.99

LITTLE fingers love to pull open books and the cut-out square windows on the pleasingly symmetrical yellow bus on the cover of Squares are very inviting.

“What can three small squares be?” asks Yusuke Yonezu, the Tokyo-born author and illustrator of the popular Guess What? series, Rainbow Chameleon and We Love Each Other.

With his simple, colourful drawings, he invites little minds to think outside the squares and imagine books, teapots, ice cubes, chocolate, presents and trains. With cut-outs on every other page to add interest and aid imagination, this clever board book will soon become a firm favourite.

Kate Whiting