Read this book to see if it would fit a request from the SK for a good book on 2D and 3D shapes. It doesn't have as much on that subject as I'd have liked, but it will work well enough for the class.

very colorful shape book and goes about explaining shapes in a unique way.

I love the three dimensionality of the illustrations, which are really what this book is about. A pre-schooler could spend a long time, over ad over, looking through this title.

Just as cute dogs are chick bait when you walk 'em in Battery Park City, and my friend Juliet is a magnet for smelly old drunks, some picture books attract hipster parents like flannel attracts lint. Kevin "Squidfire" Sherry's books. Laura Ljungkvist's. William Bee (guy has a book called Whatever, for Pete's sake - if that's not playing to the post-modern parent I don't know what is). The geometric world of Bob Staake. French illustrator Marc Boutavant, whose book Boule de poils et mon canard translates to "Hairball and my duck," and so I must have it.

Full review on Pink Me: http://pinkme.typepad.com/pink-me/2010/02/shapes-that-roll-by-karen-sagel-review.html

Very shiny, raised shape elements to feel, all in bright colors. Text told in rhyme; great read-a-loud. Themes- shapes and opposites

Follow brightly-colored Triangle, Circle and Square as they take you on a tour through the world of shapes. Some shapes roll, some don’t. Some stacks, some don’t. Some open and close, some are in pieces, and other are heavy. This book doesn’t tell readers the names of the shapes until the very end, allowing the text of the book to be more playful. It also is built for conversation about the shapes readers are seeing, from basic shapes to cubes and spheres too. This silly, colorful book about shapes is playful fun for young children.

Nagel’s rhymes are simple and are more about moving the reader through the world of shapes than naming the shapes themselves. The first and last pages are filled with information while the bulk of the book is lighter fare. Wilson’s illustrations really bring the book to life with bright colors, plenty of action, and lots of shapes to discuss and name. I actually like the format of not naming shape after shape in the text of the book, allowing for a more interactive read with children.

A lap book rather than a group read, the friendly shapes that host this book will take readers on a shape adventure. Appropriate for ages 2-4.