Karen GoatKeeper's Blog - Posts Tagged "shapes"
"Up, Down and Around" and "Bear in a Square"
These are concept books for the very young.
Up, Down and Around
4 stars
author: Katherine Ayres
Illustrator: Nadine Bernard Westcott
This takes children out into the garden. Some crops grow up. Some crops grow down. Some grow around. And all are occupied by very happy bugs.
The illustrations are suitable for very young children. The bugs are make believe versions as all have happy, smiling faces. Vegetables are much more lifelike.
Bear in a Square
4 stars
author: Stella Blackstone
Illustrator: Debbie Harter
The book is designed to introduce shapes. Some are the usual, but others include moon, star, zigzag, heart and oval. The number varies in the illustrations so they can be found and counted.
The illustrations are simple and colorful. Their very basic approach works well for the book's concept.
Up, Down and Around
4 stars
author: Katherine Ayres
Illustrator: Nadine Bernard Westcott
This takes children out into the garden. Some crops grow up. Some crops grow down. Some grow around. And all are occupied by very happy bugs.
The illustrations are suitable for very young children. The bugs are make believe versions as all have happy, smiling faces. Vegetables are much more lifelike.
Bear in a Square
4 stars
author: Stella Blackstone
Illustrator: Debbie Harter
The book is designed to introduce shapes. Some are the usual, but others include moon, star, zigzag, heart and oval. The number varies in the illustrations so they can be found and counted.
The illustrations are simple and colorful. Their very basic approach works well for the book's concept.
"Triangle", "Turtle in the Sea" and "Itse Selu: Cherokee Harvest Festival"
These books looked interesting and were.
Triangle
4 stars
Author: Mac Barnett
Illustrator: Jon Klassen
Triangle plans to play a trick on Square. It ends with Square playing a trick on Triangle - maybe.
Many sizes of triangles and squares along with shapes with no names carry the action as Triangle and Square play a simple game.
Turtle in the Sea
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jim Arnosky
Follow an old sea turtle on her way to lay her eggs. Along the way you find out about the scars on her shell.
The illustrations are very nice and try to capture the feel of the ocean. The story reflects some of the dangers faced by sea turtles.
Itse Selu: Cherokee Harvest Festival
5 stars
Author: Daniel Pennington
Illustrator: Don Stewart
Corn was the major crop for the Cherokee. A good harvest would keep them for the coming winter. This harvest time marked the end and beginning of the year.
The story follows a young boy as he celebrates Itse Selu. There are several Cherokee words with their pronunciations in the text. At the end, the book has a page about Sequoyah and the alphabet he devised.
The illustrations are well done.
Triangle
4 stars
Author: Mac Barnett
Illustrator: Jon Klassen
Triangle plans to play a trick on Square. It ends with Square playing a trick on Triangle - maybe.
Many sizes of triangles and squares along with shapes with no names carry the action as Triangle and Square play a simple game.
Turtle in the Sea
5 stars
Author/Illustrator: Jim Arnosky
Follow an old sea turtle on her way to lay her eggs. Along the way you find out about the scars on her shell.
The illustrations are very nice and try to capture the feel of the ocean. The story reflects some of the dangers faced by sea turtles.
Itse Selu: Cherokee Harvest Festival
5 stars
Author: Daniel Pennington
Illustrator: Don Stewart
Corn was the major crop for the Cherokee. A good harvest would keep them for the coming winter. This harvest time marked the end and beginning of the year.
The story follows a young boy as he celebrates Itse Selu. There are several Cherokee words with their pronunciations in the text. At the end, the book has a page about Sequoyah and the alphabet he devised.
The illustrations are well done.
