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Some of These Are Snails

Carter Higgins - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Press Here meets Eric Carle in a concept book that makes familiar ideas exciting and surprising. . From the creative mind behind Circle Under Berry comes this deceptively simple concept book that explores sorting, classification, and patterns as it teases the brain in unusual ways. With...
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The Shape of You

Muon Thi Van - Kids Can Press
Format: Hardcover

A thoughtful and unique meditation on the shapes found in everyday life.. A mother tells her daughter about the shapes that make up their lives. At first, they are literal shapes. The shape of their door is a rectangle, their table, a square. Water can be shaped like a cube or a cloud....
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Kitty and Cat: Bent Out of Shape

Mirka Hokkanen - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Bathtime has Cat quite literally bent out of shape in this fresh, funny concept book that's purr-fect for the preschool set.. It's bathtime for Cat, but Cat is nowhere to be found. That is, until you look closely. Young readers will delight in following housemates Kitty and Puppy...
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Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature

Joyce Sidman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Book

A Caldecott medalist and a Newbery Honor-winning poet celebrate the beauty and value of spirals.What makes the tiny snail shell so beautiful? Why does that shape occur in nature over and over again - in rushing rivers, in a flower bud, even inside your ear?With simplicity and grace, Joyce...
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Watch This!: A Book About Making Shapes

Jane Godwin - Scribe US
Format: Hardcover

In a world oversaturated with beautiful photos (hello Instagram!) and imagery (hello 'Golden Age of Illustration'!) we sometimes forget the power that photos can have for our children. Seeing photographs of other kids in action promotes empathy, acknowledges the diversity...
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Circle

Mac Barnett - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

Multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen deliver the final wry and resonant tale about Triangle, Square, and Circle.This book is about Circle. This book is also about Circle's friends, Triangle and Square. Also it is about a rule that Circle...
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The Shape of Home

Rashin Kheiriyeh - Levine Querido
Format: Hardcover

It's Rashin's first day of school in America! Everything is a different shape than what she's used to: from the foods on her breakfast plate to the letters in the books! And the kids' families are from all over!The new teacher asks each child to imagine the shape of home...
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Shapes and Colors

John Canty - Berbay Publishing
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning author/illustrator of the Heads and Tails series introduces readers to a multi-tiered new concept book about shape and color sorting and object identification. With fresh and appealing illustrations and a striking design, this is a concept book with longevity.
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Circle Under Berry

Carter Higgins
Format: Hardcover

With an elegant and simple approach, this thought-provoking concept book shows young readers that everything in the world can be seen from infinite perspectives.Each page compares colors, shapes, and objects in relation to each other. A triangle that is over a square is also under a circle....
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Shapes

Joanna Brundle - Kidhaven
Format: Paperback

Geometry is an essential math concept, and it is important for early learners to develop an understanding of it from a young age. Through age-appropriate and achievable text, young readers are introduced to basic shapes and familiar real-world examples of those shapes. Early learners can explore...
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Shapes on the Farm

Jenny Fretland VanVoorst - Jump!, Inc.,
Format: Print book

Shapes on the Farm takes readers on an trip to a farm, pointing out the many familiar shapes they encounter in the farm's buildings, foods, and fields. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage emergent readers as they hunt for shapes on the farm.
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Shapes at School

Jenny Fretland VanVoorst - Jump!, Inc.,
Format: Print book

Shapes at School takes readers through a day at school, pointing out the many familiar shapes they encounter in the classroom, in the lunchroom, and on the playground. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage emergent readers as they hunt for shapes at school.
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Shapes in the City

Jenny Fretland VanVoorst - Bullfrog Books
Format: Hardcover

Shapes in the City takes readers on an urban journey, pointing out the many familiar shapes they encounter on buildings, sidewalks, and signs. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage emergent readers as they hunt for shapes in the city.
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Shapes by the Sea

Jenny Fretland VanVoorst - Jump!, Inc.,
Format: Print book

Shapes by the Sea takes readers on an trip to the seaside, pointing out the many familiar shapes they encounter at the beach and underwater. Vibrant, full-color photos and carefully leveled text engage emergent readers as they hunt for shapes by the sea.
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Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets: A Muslim Book of Shapes

Hena Khan - Chronicle Books
Format: Hardcover

Crescent Moons and Pointed Minarets - Islamic book for kids"A beautiful picture book that simultaneously explores shapes, Islam, and the cultures of the Muslim people." - Kirkus ReviewsToddler book of shapes and Islamic traditions: From a crescent moon to a square garden to an octagonal...
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Square

MAC BARNETT - Candlewick
Format: Hardcover

The beguiling second entry in the innovative shape trilogy by multi-award-winning, New York Times best-selling duo Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen.This book is about Square. Square spends every day taking blocks from a pile below the ground to a pile above the ground. This book is also...
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Round

Joyce Sidman - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Format: Print book

If you look closely, you will find that the world is bursting, swelling, budding, and ripening with round things awaiting discovery--like eggs about to hatch, sunflowers stretching toward the sun, or planets slowly spinning together for billions of years. Whimsical and imaginative, this...
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Shape Shift

Joyce Hesselberth - Christy Ottaviano Books, Henry Holt and Company, 2016.
Format: Print book

Round, curvy, pointy, or straight-shapes are all around us. With vibrant illustrations that highlight shapes in all their forms, this informative book reinforces the identification of circles, squares, crescents, diamonds, triangles, rectangles, trapezoids, and ovals while encouraging...
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Friendshape

Amy Krouse Rosenthal - Scholastic Press
Format: Hardcover

The bestselling creators of EXCLAMATION MARK! introduce a triangle, circle, square, and rectangle who celebrate the gift of friendship.Friends shape who we are. They make us laugh. They fill us with fun. They stand by us during life's up and downs. And even when we disagree with our friends,...
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Walter's Wonderful Web

Tim Hopgood - Farrar
Format: Print book

A determined little spider named Walter is trying to make a sturdy web that will stand up to the blustery wind. The webs he makes at first are woven in special shapes--a triangle, a square, a circle--but they are still wibbly-wobbly. Can Walter make a web that is both wonderful and strong?...
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Shape by Shape

Suse MacDonald - Little Simon
Format: Print book

What am I?I lived a long, long time ago. I had round eyes ... lots of sharp teeth ... This new concept book from Caldecott Honor illustrator Suse MacDonald is sure to entertain children. As readers turn the brightly colored, die cut pages, shapes on each page come together to reveal...
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Circle Dogs

Kevin Henkes - HarperCollins World
Format: Paperback

Shhh. They're sleeping now...In the big, square house live the two circle dogs. When the sun comes up and the baby cries, the circle dogs wake up. With a flip-flap of their tails, they're ready to play in a big square yard. They like to eat and take a nap. Then it's time to play again....
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Dot

Patricia Intriago - Farrar Straus Giroux
Format: Print book

Dots here, dots there, you can see dots everywhere! Some are loud, and some are quiet. Some are happy, and some are sad. Some dots even taste yummy, while others taste bad. Graphic designer Patricia Intriago sets bold, circular shapes against a stark white background to emphasize opposite...
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Circle, round

Susan B Katz - Orchard Books
Format: eBook

A world of shapes, twelve months abound,from four-cornered square, to circle, round.Circle round, ready to roll. Add two sticks, a carrot and coal. (January) A sporty diamond, player at bat. Bases loaded, tilt your hat. (June) Triangle treats-pumpkin, peach. Want some...
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