Out of Shapes

by Ashley G., Ashley G. (Illustrator)

Overview

In this charming board book little ones will love seeing how just a few shapes make up all of their favorite things—from a rocket ship, to a kitty cat, to a friend, and beyond!

What can you make out of a triangle, a circle, a square, and a rectangle? Almost anything! In this delightful board book, artist Ashley G. takes the concept of shapes and makes it fun! Little ones will see how different shapes become a home, a kitty, a friend, a gift, and much, much more! This bright, artistic board book is perfect little hands.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781481442206
Publisher:	Little Simon
Publication date:	08/25/2015
Pages:	28
Sales rank:	585,345
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 6.00(h) x 0.70(d)
Age Range:	2 - 4 Years

About the Author

Ashley Goldberg (a.k.a. Ashley G) has loved crafts, nature, and creatures (both imaginary and real) her entire life! Ashley’s body of work includes paintings, illustrations, pattern design, and portraiture. She works across a variety of surfaces with a wide range of clients to create everything from apparel to home decor to children’s furnishings. In her free time, Ashley can be found thrifting, staying up late, taking too many pictures of her dog, Lyle, and working on home improvement projects for her cape cod revival. Ashley lives in the lovely gray and green city of Portland, Oregon. You can visit her at AshleyGoldberg.com!

Ashley Goldberg (a.k.a. Ashley G) has loved crafts, nature, and creatures (both imaginary and real) her entire life! Ashley’s body of work includes paintings, illustrations, pattern design, and portraiture. She works across a variety of surfaces with a wide range of clients to create everything from apparel to home decor to children’s furnishings. In her free time, Ashley can be found thrifting, staying up late, taking too many pictures of her dog, Lyle, and working on home improvement projects for her cape cod revival. Ashley lives in the lovely gray and green city of Portland, Oregon. You can visit her at AshleyGoldberg.com!

Editorial Reviews

2015-08-31
The basic shapes—circle (in yellow), triangle (in red), square (in blue), rectangle (in orange)—combine to form easily recognizable objects. A home, a truck, a rocket, a robot, a friend, and a kitty are revealed on the first pages. Then readers see a cake, a gift, and a party, revealing that this is a birthday story too. Just as each image is reduced to its essence, the author reduces a party to its essential elements. The economy of words is remarkable. This effort has some of the same design challenges as companion Critter Colors (also 2015). The muted color palette is not particularly eye-catching; the pale yellow used for both lettering and for the circle shape is hard to see when placed against white backgrounds. Parents or teachers might be tempted to try to use the book as an instructional tool. Each spread includes four smaller pictures that show the steps for re-creating the pictured object from the basic shapes. This activity is well beyond the manual dexterity of most of the board-book audience, though. Best when used or displayed alongside the blocks, where it might inspire young children to build their own shape-based creations. (Board book. 18 mos.-4)

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