Mouse Shapes: A Very First Book

by Jim Arnosky, Jim Arnosky (Illustrator)

Overview

A little mouse humorously introduces readers to ten two-dimensional shapes, starting with the simplest. He bends a stick into a circle, oval, rectangle, trapezoid, and so on, showing how each shape can be stretched, pulled, or pushed into another.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780618015221
Publisher:	HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date:	09/17/2001
Pages:	48
Product dimensions:	4.25(w) x 5.50(h) x 0.37(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Jim Arnosky, a renowned naturalist, is the author and illustrator of many books for children about animals and nature, including the popular Crinkleroot books. He lives in South Ryegate, Vermont.

Editorial Reviews

What a Concept Jim Arnosky's Mouse Shapes: A Very First Book showcases a rascally rodent wreaking geometric havoc in a tiny trim size (roughly 5\" 4Y"). Wordless opening pages show the mouse bending a big twig into a circle. The word "Circle" appears when he successfully makes the shape. In the next series of drawings, the mouse hops on top to squish the circle into an oval; then Arnosky stretches readers' brains when the fellow forms a "parallelogram," a "trapezoid" and a "pentagon." Armed with a paintbrush, the hero mixes highly recognizable hues in Mouse Colors: A Very First Book. ( Sept.) Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.

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