Subtitled "Dr. Seuss's Surprising Word Book," The Shape of Meand Other Stuff certainly lives up to its billing. In thisdelightful book, first published in 1973, kids are encouraged toponder shapes they may never have considered before: "Just thinkabout the shape of beans and flowers and mice and big machines!"Dr. Seuss's illustrations are in silhouette (for the purpose ofaccenting the outlines of figures), but are nonetheless up to parwith his usual wacky, amusing style. Soaring well beyond themundane arena of circles, triangles, and squares, here we arechallenged to consider "the shape of camels … the shape of bees andthe wonderful shapes of back door keys!" Kids will love the sillyrhymes and funny pictures, and parents will appreciate thisoriginal take on the largely untapped world of shapes.
This wacky, rhyming exploration of the concept of shapes willbe welcomed by beginning readers.
This wacky, rhyming exploration of the concept of shapes willbe welcomed by beginning readers.