Roald Dahl Shapes

by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator)

Overview

Learn your shapes with Roald Dahl, the World's No. 1 Storyteller!

From triangles to circle, this board book is a great way to teach our littlest readers shapes. With art by Quentin Blake from Roald Dahl's classic books, this book is perfect for libaries, the youngest classrooms, and baby shower gifts to start a child's bookshelf.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593528624
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	01/03/2023
Sold by:	Penguin Group
Format:	eBook
Pages:	12
Lexile:	AD340L (what's this?)
File size:	5 MB
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Roald Dahl was a spy, ace fighter-pilot, chocolate historian, and medical inventor. He was also the author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, The BFG, and many more brilliant stories. He remains the World's No. 1 Storyteller. Find out more at roalddahl.com.

Quentin Blake has illustrated more than three hundred books and was Roald Dahl's favorite illustrator. In 1980, he won the prestigious Kate Greenaway Medal. In 1999, he became the first ever Children's Laureate, and in 2013, he was knighted for his services to illustration.

Date of Birth:

September 13, 1916

Date of Death:

November 23, 1990

Place of Birth:

Llandaff, Wales, England

Place of Death:

Oxford, England

Editorial Reviews

2022-11-29
Learn about shapes—with a little help from Dahl and Blake.

Each spread features iconic characters from a different story by Dahl—among them The Enormous Crocodile(1978), Danny, the Champion of the World (1975), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (1964), and The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me (1985)—and a large, labeled image of the shape in question. The shapes are also incorporated into the accompanying illustration. For example, for triangle, we see a crocodile with triangle-shaped teeth as a group of diverse children look on in awe. A bolded word in the text points out the relevant object (“Watch out, chiddlers / Run away from those / sharp, pointy teeth!”), though pre-readers will need caregiver assistance to make that connection. The choice to incorporate the shapes into the illustrations makes this title more appealing and meaningful than board books that simply show and name the objects without context. Adult readers who grew up on Dahl’s books and Blake’s famous illustrations will enjoy the references to those classics and will welcome the chance to share them with a new generation. The book is really all about the images, the text merely inviting readers to take a closer look. But really, that’s what they’ll want to do anyway. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

A revisit of iconic illustrations for the toddler audience. (Board book. 2-4)

Kirkus Reviews