Washoe County Library System

The geometric concepts of circles and squares are shown in photographs of wheels, signs, pots, and other familiar objects.

"An introduction to shapes with examples of real-life objects that resemble those shapes"-- "Stunning photographs by a National Geographic photographer invite children to look around and find a world of circles, triangles, squares, and more. Beautifully photographed, a diverse group of children explore the unexpected shapes of everyday sights and objects. "Eggs, grapes, lemons and leaves. Jellybeans, seeds, sunglasses, and balloons." They're all...

Part guessing game, part visual narrative, this delightful board book invites little ones to follow along as shapes are added to build new animal friends.

Provides step-by-step instructions for twenty easy crafts intended to teach about four basic shapes: circles, squares, triangles, and rectangles.

"Caldecott winner Beth Krommes and Newbery Honor-winning poet Joyce Sidman team up in this singular celebration of a beautiful, fascinating shape in nature. A nonfiction picture book companion to their acclaimed Swirl by Swirl. Branches are all around us: in butterfly wings, on gecko toes, in flowers, frost, and mud. Whether as electricity moving across the sky or rivers flowing to the sea, branches are nature’s most efficient way to spread and...

"From the creative force behind Circle Under Berry comes a deceptively simple picture book exploring sorting, comparatives, and quantifiers that teases the brain, twists expectations, and teaches basic ideas in unusual ways. A page-turner for first-time page-turners, this kaleidoscopic compendium shows young readers the infinite variability of perspective inherent in even our foundational concepts"--