Shapes, Shapes, Shapes [Paperback]

Tana Hoban (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Release date: March 29, 1996 | Age Range: 4 - 8 years

Whenever you are -- inside or outside -- there are shapes to discover. And with Tana Hoban's help you will begin to see them. Look around. How many circles, squares, stars, triangles, hearts, and rectangles can you see?

They are everywhere!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Hoban is well known for her unexcelled concept books for preschoolers. Taking color and black-and-white photos of familiar objects and surroundings she shows letters, numbers, colors, opposites and more. Her pictures are more precise and clear than many stylized or abstract drawings. Giving examples of different shapes, like circles, hexagons, parallelograms and stars, she asks the child to find the shapes within the pictures. It's amazing how many shapes an open lunchbox on a checkered tablecloth can reveal; from a round orange to oval halves of a hard-boiled egg (with round yolks) to a rectangular thermos to star- and heart-shaped cookies. This marvelous book from a topnotch photographer gives children the opportunity to see the world around them, not just look at it.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From School Library Journal

PreS Up Adults and kids of all shapes and sizes are in for a treat with this outstanding wordless book. Hoban's full-color photos have an astonishing clarity and glow to them. They include interesting and beautiful urban landscapes, portraits and still life. Children will have fun speculating about the photographsor they can simply enjoy them, no comment necessary. Looking at this book for shapes is a little like looking at a Cezanne for shapes. Nevertheless, circles, stars, triangles and even fancier geometric figures like trapezoids are here in abundance. The 11 figures represented, as well as the photographs, reach well beyond Hoban's earlier books about shapes. This book has an impressive technical quality of photographic reproduction and fine artistic content. Do your eyes a favor, and don't miss this one. Anna Biagioni Hart, Sherwood Regional Library, Alexandria, Va.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

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Product Details

• Age Range: 4 - 8 years
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Greenwillow Books; 1st thus edition, 1st printing edition (March 29, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0688147402
• ISBN-13: 978-0688147402
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 0.1 x 8.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #234,799 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #31 in Books > Children's Books > Arts, Crafts & Music > Photography

More About the Author

Tana Hoban's photographs have been exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art in New York and in galleries around the world. She has won many gold medals and prizes for her work as a photographer and filmmaker. Her books for children are known and loved throughout the world.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Reading wonderful photographs February 15, 2009

By B. S. Birch

Format:Paperback

Tana Hoban's photographs offer a wonderful way to "read" the world with young children before they read words.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars More than shapes! July 28, 2011

By Tara S. Mcclintick

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This book is great for the visually motivated child - my son is 15 diagnosed with "severe" autism. The biggest challenge is getting his attention, this book did the trick! We talked about the different images in more detail than just the shapes, for example "purple house" and "soapy window" and "checkerboard shoes." The photos are a mixture of basic to a few more abstract but still familiar.

I love Tana Hoban's photos because they help develop our awareness and appreciation of the beauty of what is around us everyday.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great book for younger students May 3, 2011

By Tiger

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I used this book during a shape lessons and it was awesome. The students really got into the book, identifying the shapes and pointing to the different shapes in the environment.