The Shapes Game
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (609 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385252439 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 351 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
With its fun-to-say rhymes and pages filled with dazzling pictures, this imaginative book aims to provide talking points and stimulate awareness of shape and pattern.. A rhyming text with pictures inviting children to discover the endless variety of shape in the world around them
. In addition to the basic square, circle, and triangle are stars, ovals, crescents, rectangles, spirals, and diamonds, culminating in a Christmas scene that incorporates them all. The page on which the rhyme appears demonstrates each object referred to, and the facing page combines it into an abstract painting containing clearly identifiable elements. --Dorcas Hand, Episcopal High School, Bellaire , TXCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. Children will appreciate this original approach, and art teachers will find this book useful in expanding students' awareness of art. Tucker's Matisse-like style demonstrates shapes both as separate entities and as parts of the colorful world. Rogers' clever verses complement the drawings and are easily read a