Pick a Circle, Gather Squares

Pick a Circle, Gather Squares
Author: Felicia Sanzari Chernesky
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2013-09-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0807565393

Fall is here, with all its wonderful visual delights—not just colors, but shapes! This clever concept book follows a family on a trip to a pumpkin patch and invites children to pick out shapes from the seasonal scenery—apple bushel circles, square hay bales, diamond kites in the autumn sky! Felicia Sanzari Chernesky’s sweet verses are perfectly complemented by Susan Swan’s gorgeous collage-inspired art.

Squares

Squares
Author: Yusuke Yonezu
Publisher: Astra Publishing House
Total Pages: 28
Release: 2015-04-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9888240684

This board book full of squares and clever cut-outs is a wonderful way to introduce babies and toddlers to shapes. Is it a door? A book? A train or a present? Read aloud and create a clever guessing game about shapes that will delight and stimulate the youngest readers. Squares and rectangles are everywhere, and the shapes and colors found in everyday objects come to life when the pages of the book are turned. Learning shapes is a lot of fun when there are surprises involved—this die-cut board book from master artist and designer Yusuke Yonezu is full of them.

Squares & Other Shapes with Josef Albers

Squares & Other Shapes with Josef Albers
Author: Josef Albers
Publisher: Phaidon
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780714872551

An introduction to shapes through the acclaimed art of Josef Albers The influential art of Josef Albers is used to teach shapes in this stylish read-aloud board book, which takes children through Albers' range of geometrics, one artwork per page, beginning with squares and returning to them as a familiar refrain throughout. The variance of colour, scale, and quantity adds to the richness of the visual arc, and the accompanying text provides a humorous and engaging commentary. Readers will not only learn their shapes, but also grow familiar with fine art in this second title in the 'First Concepts with Fine Artists' series. Includes a read-aloud 'about the artist' at the end.

About Two Squares

About Two Squares
Author: El Lissitzky
Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
Total Pages: 62
Release: 1991
Genre: Art
ISBN:

El Lissitzky's About 2 Squares is a story about how two squares, one red, one black, transform a world. The commentary, More About 2 Squares, boxed in the same slipcase, provides a detailed analysis of this seminal work.

Perfect Square

Perfect Square
Author: Michael Hall
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 44
Release: 2011-03-29
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0061915130

A perfect square is transformed in this adventure story that will transport you far beyond the four equal sides of this square book.

So Many Circles, So Many Squares

So Many Circles, So Many Squares
Author: Tana Hoban
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1998
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN:

The geometric concepts of circles and squares are shown in photographs of wheels, signs, pots, and other familiar objects.

Circles, Stars, and Squares

Circles, Stars, and Squares
Author: Jane Brocket
Publisher: Millbrook Press
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0761372601

Diamonds, cubes, rings, and cylinders—shapes are all around us. How many shapes can you find pictured in this book?

The Perfect Fit

The Perfect Fit
Author: Naomi Jones
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2020-08-06
Genre:
ISBN: 9780192774613

No matter how hard she tries, Triangle doesn't roll like the circles, or stack like the squares. She sets off to find friends that look exactly like her. But when she finds other triangles, playtime isn't as fun. She misses shapes that roll and stack; she misses being different. So she starts a new quest.

Triangle

Triangle
Author: Mac Barnett
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Total Pages: 53
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1536210536

Meet Triangle. He is going to play a sneaky trick on his friend, Square. Or so Triangle thinks. . . . With this first tale in a trilogy, partners in crime Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen will have readers wondering just who they can trust in a richly imagined world of shapes. Visually stunning and full of wry humor, here is a perfectly paced treat that could come only from the minds of two of today’s most irreverent — and talented — picture book creators.

Square Cat

Square Cat
Author:
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 19
Release: 2011-01-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1442406194

From debut author Elizabeth Schoonmaker, Square Cat shows us it's hip to be square!