Houghton Mifflin Mathmatics: Shape Space CL [Hardcover]

Cathryn Falwell (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

A young gymnast dances her way among rectangles, triangles, circles, and squares for a lesson in geometry and just plain fun. "Pleasant and playful, works as an entertaining picture book as well as a first exposure to basic geometry." -- School Library Journal

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-- A young gymnast encounters a huge box of bright, multicolored shapes. - `` `Hmmmm . . . ,' '' she says. Soon she's dancing among them, wearing them, balancing on them, building with them. The text, light and airy, is dressed up with rhyme: ``Take a shape/ take a step/ take a chance/ try a dance . . .'' as the brown-skinned girl, wearing a skirt of triangles, curtsies to the dance partner she's assembled of circles, triangles, and squares. Equally breezy are the colorful illustrations; the ample bright white background makes the shapes stand right out, and ably suggest their relationships to one another. The image of the little girl, the grace of her four- or five-year-old body, and the delight in her face generate the interest and involvement that make the book successful. It has a slightly older look than that projected by the toddlers photographed for MacKinnon/Sieveking's What Shape? (Dial, 1992), but it's less challenging than Yenawine's Shapes (Delacorte, 1991). And it doesn't rely on a gimmick like the mix-and-match split pages that sustain Eric Carle's My Very First Book of Shapes (HarperCollins, 1985). Pleasant and playful, Shape Space works as an entertaining picture book as well as a first exposure to basic geometry. --Liza Bliss, formerly at Leominster Public Library, MA
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) (September 1992)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395613051
• ISBN-13: 978-0395613054
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 9.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #792,746 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Imagination takes shape, April 1, 2000

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This review is from: Houghton Mifflin Mathmatics: Shape Space CL (Hardcover)

A delightful gymnast plays with shapes and creates a world ofcolor and imagination. Children love to chant the "chorus"of shapes that repeats throughout the book, and then create their own shape pictures. A lively introduction to shapes and creative play.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars shapes!, April 14, 2009

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This review is from: Houghton Mifflin Mathmatics: Shape Space CL (Hardcover)

I love this book, and my students love it too. Great for teaching shapes.

1.0 out of 5 stars too expensive, November 25, 2011

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This review is from: Shape Space (Paperback)

This book is way too expensive for a teacher to buy when there are other great children's lit books using geometric shapes.