Valentine's Shapes

by Barbara Barbieri McGrath, Peggy Tagel (Illustrator)

Overview

This unique alternative to stuffed animals and sweets makes baby’s first Valentine’s Day all about shapes, including Valentine favorites like hearts, balloons, and flowers.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781580895323
Publisher:	Charlesbridge
Publication date:	12/06/2016
Series:	First Celebrations , #4
Pages:	12
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 6.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Barbara Barbieri McGrath has written over twenty books for children, including The Little Gray Bunny, The Little Red Elf, The Little Green Witch, and many bestselling math concept books. Her love for writing, children and making learning fun was the inspiration for her first children's book, The M&M Brand Counting Book, which sold over 1 million copies. She lives in Natick, Massachusetts.

Peggy Tagel's bright, colorful cutpaper illustrations have been reproduced for a variety of products, including cards, gift wrap, children's books, and magazines. She illustrated all seven books in the First Celebrations series. She lives in North Port, Florida.

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Look! Someone brought three balloons. They are shaped like hearts.

(Continues…)

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Editorial Reviews

"Simple and amiable." 
- Kirkus Reviews, January 1, 2017

From the Publisher

2016-12-14
Readers experience the sharing of gifts and treats on Valentine's Day. The narrator, invisible except for a white-skinned hand, explains all the shapes one encounters during these and other holiday activities. There are stars to draw on Daddy's card, circles at the centers of Mommy's daisies, and, of course, heart-shaped balloons. The text, two sentences per double-page spread in a large white type, is clear and direct, as is the pleasingly round, two-dimensional art in highly saturated colors. Sadly, the shapes are a little small for newbie geometers, particularly the tiny triangle-shaped sprinkles on a tray of heart-shaped cookies and the chocolate squares in a bowl. The book is shaped like the upper portion of a heart per series formula, but the cropping issues that plagued other offerings in the First Celebrations series are fortunately absent. Simple and amiable. (Board book. 1-4)

Kirkus Reviews