Shape Guys and Blog Hop

by | Dec 10, 2010 | Uncategorized | 6 comments

I checked out this great book at the library the other day for the kiddos. It was actually one of those that I just pulled off the shelf and hoped would be age-appropriate for one of them, if not both. It’s called Shapes That Roll by Karen Nagel, illustrations by Steve Wilson. I must confess it’s cover is what attracted me to it and why I brought it home.

The first page begins “Follow the TRIANGLE, CIRCLE, and SQUARE.” It is a really fun read, with lots of bright colors on both white and black backgrounds. The triangle, circle and square do show up on each page and show up with faces, arms and legs, too! They are really cute! Sweet Pea, my almost 2 yr old, wanted to read this book before bed tonight and repeatedly pointed to the shape characters on the inside cover as “Triangle Guy”, “Circle Guy”, and then just kept pointing to the square (apparently he couldn’t remember it was a square!)

When I had gotten this book home and looked at it some more I kept thinking I had just seen something similar made with foam shapes and google eyes. I went searching again and found it on Little Page Turners. They made their monsters after reading Go Away Big Green Monster, which sounds like a great book, too!

To make our “Shape Guys” as Sweet Pea calls them now when he sees them in the book, I gathered the supplies I thought the boys would have fun using: google eyes, pipe cleaners, foam paper, foam shapes, scissors and glue.

The boys had a lot of fun, but only one guy survived Sweet Pea’s destructive powers, and has since met his end, although he did lose something from the top of his head…

Check out this book! I hope you like it! (As always, this is not a paid review, just something my kiddos find interesting!)

I’m also hopping along with this Friday blog hop!

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6 Comments

  2. Lizzie Ann
    Lizzie Ann on December 10, 2010 at 2:03 pm

    Thanks for following my blog! I'm following back. What a cute book! I have a 3.5year old that would love it. I'll have to see if my library has it. Thanks for the recommendation!

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  5. NewEnglandMomma
    NewEnglandMomma on December 13, 2010 at 12:45 am

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