Circle! Sphere!

By: Grace Lin What shape will the bubble wand make? It's summer, and that means it's time for these three friends to blow bubbles! Olivia, Alex, and Mei each get a different shape of bubble wand. Does this mean the bubbles will be different shapes? This warm, inclusive introduction to three-dimensional shapes is part of the Storytelling Math series. Get in on the ground floor of learning with this series that combines essential math topics, diverse characters, and engaging stories! If you like this book, you’ll enjoy these: Up to My Knees What Will Fit? The Last Marshmallow [TABS] Look Inside Author & Illustrator Grace Lin, author and illustrator Grace Lin is the award-winning author and illustrator of The Ugly Vegetables, A Big Mooncake for Little Star, and Where the Mountain Meets the Moon. Grace is a Newbery Honoree, a Caldecott Honoree, and a Geisel Honoree. She lives in Florence, Massachusetts. Read more about Grace. Awards & Honors Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best Books of 2020 Editorial Reviews The Horn Book, starred review In board book form, Lin accomplishes that most difficult of tasks: creating engaging, accessible, age-level-appropriate, not-too-fussily illustrated stories that also teach something. In this case it’s math. Each entry homes in on a specific mathematical concept, while together providing a tour through the seasons — and a slice-of-life portrait of three friends, Olivia, Mei, and Manny. In the springtime-set Knees, Mei observes measurement and comparison as she cultivates a sunflower. Circle! Sphere! proves the mind-stretching fact that the children’s three different-shaped bubble wands produce the same-shaped bubble. Fit’s setting is a fall farmers’ market and illustrates Olivia’s spatial sense (and taste in ­produce). Wintry Marshmallow touches on division, both ­mathematical (how to split three marshmallows between two girls…) and behavioral (…without ruining the friendship). The illustrations are signature Lin — think The Ugly Vegetables (rev. 9/99) and the Ling and Ting books — with bold, saturated hues; thick black outlines; judicious use of frames; eye-pleasingly tidy details; and nothing extraneous. Brief “Exploring the Math” notes and “Try This!” suggestions, addressed to adults and written by an early math expert, are appended. All together, these diminutive math storybooks add up to a whole lot of fun. Downloadables Download the Cover Download the Activity Kit (English) Download the Activity Kit (Spanish) Download the Activity Kit (Chinese) Details Board ISBN: 978-1-62354-124-8 Spanish Bilingual Board ISBN: 978-1-62354-224-5 E-book ISBN: 978-1-63289-985-9 EPUB Ages: 0-2 Page count: 20 6 x 6 [/TABS]