Go, Shapes, Go!

Brief Description: Circles, rectangles, ovals, arcs, and more have fun moving about, along with a mischievous mouse that wants to play, too. Review Quotes: Pulp painting and collage art prevail in this creative game. On the first spread, a motorized mouse figure instructs shapes--a small arc, triangle, oval, large arc, circle, two small ovals, two tiny circles, two big rectangles, two thin rectangles, and a square--to rearrange themselves piece by piece to form a monkey. Mouse and Monkey accidentally collide, and the pieces assemble into a cat, then quickly return to the intended form. Fleming's active verbs (bounce, slide, slither, flip) create verbal energy to reflect the visual fun that keeps fresh with varying colored backgrounds. Readers can seek and find the shapes on each page, and assembling them in different ways creates an engaging interactive experience.-Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA--School Library Journal "September 10, 2014 "Review Quotes: In this early concept book created by the masterful Fleming, a mouse ringmaster opens the shenanigans: "SHAPES are in place and ready to go!" An assortment of neatly labeled shapes such as ovals, circles, and rectangles are featured on the next page. Then the fun gets started: "Slide, SQUARE, and start the show!" Other actions include "Bounce, OVAL, up and down" and "Roll, CIRCLE, round and round." Kids will likely wiggle around, too, as they learn the shapes and act out the motions in the rhyming directives. As the shapes combine, a figure emerges: a monkey! He looks delighted, but the mouse looses control, careening across the page, and crashes into the monkey, sending the individual pieces flying. Tots will collapse in peals of laughter...bound to be a repeat favorite.--Booklist 10/1/14Marc Notes: Circles, rectangles, ovals, arcs, and more have fun moving about, along with a mischievous mouse that wants to play, too.; Ages 4-8. Publisher Marketing: Join a group of fun-loving shapes as they collaborate and create in this picture book from a Caldecott Honoree. Come along on a creative adventure with a gang of saucy shapes--and a mischievous mouse who wants to play too. Meet circles, rectangles, ovals, arcs, and a triangle and a square as well. Wait till you see what this crowd can make when they're all working together! Review Citations:

Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014 (EAN 9781442482401, Hardcover)

School Library Journal 09/01/2014 pg. 103 (EAN 9781442482401, Hardcover)

Publishers Weekly 09/22/2014 (EAN 9781442482401, Hardcover)

Booklist 10/01/2014 pg. 88 (EAN 9781442482401, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Fleming, Denise Denise Fleming was awarded a Caldecott Honor for "In the Small, Small Pound," She also wrote and illustrated "In the Tall, Tall Grass," "Lunch," "Count!," and "Barnyard Banter," "Where Once There Was a Wood" was inspired by the woods, meadows, and creek near her home in Toledo, Ohio. "I spent a great deal of time in the area watching wild creatures go about their lives," she says. "And it was there that I collected plant material for the borders of this book. Unfortunately, the area is now a housing development." Fleming wants to enusre that the former woodland is not forgotten. "I hope this book will inspire others to preserve--and create--their own wildlife habitats."