Introduces basic shapes through fun, poetic text. A circle, a triangle, an oval, a square—shapes are found everywhere!

Level 1 guided reader that introduces young students to the concepts of shapes while supporting the development of reading skills.

A circle, a triangle, an oval, a square! Shapes are found everywhere!

Whenever you are -- inside or outside -- there are shapes to discover. And with Tana Hoban's help you will begin to see them. Look around. How many circles, squares, stars, triangles, hearts, and rectangles can you see? They are everywhere!

Shapes are everywhere! Shapes in Food helps introduce young readers to various shapes found in daily life, from a cube of cheese to a triangle pizza slice. Simple sentences along with large eye-catching photographs help illustrate the 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional shapes found in food. Prompts for recognizing shapes at the beginning and end of the book help strengthen vocabulary, math comprehension, and critical thinking skills. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Super Sandcastle is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Circles were smooth and round. Good at rolling, spinning, and pushing. They all turned together to make things go. Squares were sturdy and even. Good at stacking, steadying, and measuring. They all fit together to make things stay. In a world where everybody is a shape and every shape has a specific job, Sam is a square who longs for softer corners, rounder edges, and the ability to roll like a circle. But everyone knows that squares don’t roll, they stack. At least that’s what everyone thinks until the day Sam takes a tumble and discovers something wonderful. He doesn’t have to be what others want or expect him to be. With playful imagery, this story considers identity and nonconformity through the eyes of Sam, a square struggling to find his true place in the world.

Can you see all things big and small? This interactive and highly educational book features shapes of all sizes. The use of pictures to present this idea is highly effective in getting and keeping attention. Pictures are universal languages that speak to readers of all age, race, culture and gender. If you're looking for the coolest way to teach children about shapes, this is the book to have.