Book
This is a book of shapes / Kenneth Kraegel.
Record details
- ISBN: 1536207012 (bo.)
- ISBN: 9781536207019 (bo.)
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : colour illustrations
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Somerville, MA : Candlewick Press, 2020.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Cover title. |
| Target Audience Note: | Ages 2-5. |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 11.99 |
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| Subject: | Shapes > Juvenile fiction. |
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Deadpan text and geometrically designed, high-detail illustrations combine in a slyly silly introduction to shapes that depicts an emu pushing a pancake wagon down a hill, a skateboarding rhinoceros and other engaging subjects. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
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First comes the circle. Then the square and the triangle. Then the . . . emu pushing a pancake wagon down a hill? What begins as a concept book about everyone's geometric favorites soon defies expectations with a series of funny and imaginative twists. Award-winning author-illustrator Kenneth Kraegel pairs a deadpan text with simple wood-grained shapes, interspersed with vibrant illustrations of animals engaged in hilariously absurd pastimes. Each page turn builds on the delicious anticipation the contrast creates to make this a unique and rollicking story-time hit. - Random House, Inc.
The creator of King Arthurâs Very Great Grandson and Green Pants switches gears with a slyly silly introduction to shapesâjust watch out for the emus!
First comes the circle. Then the square and the triangle. Then the . . . emu pushing a pancake wagon down a hill? What begins as a concept book about everyoneâs geometric favorites soon defies expectations with a series of funny and imaginative twists. Award-winning author-illustrator Kenneth Kraegel pairs a deadpan text with simple wood-grained shapes, interspersed with vibrant illustrations of animals engaged in hilariously absurd pastimes. Each page turn builds on the delicious anticipation the contrast creates to make this a unique and rollicking story-time hit.
