Go, Shapes Go!

Fleming, D. (2014). Go Shapes Go. N.p.: Beach Lane Books.

Go Shapes Go is a book about shapes sliding, and bouncing, and jumping all around! The book builds a picture of a monkey with all the shapes at the end.

This book is an amazing shape book! It's a lot of fun too! You could use this as an interactive class in a classroom. For example, one of the pages says, "Slide, SQUARE, and start the show!" and then you can have all the student's slide across the room like the square. This is such an incredible text. The shapes are all listed on both sides of the pages (including the shapes that aren't the center of attention).

The way that the illustrations are made looks like they are out of real materials. So, the circle kind of looks like a corkboard, the rectangular legs of the monkey look like they are made out of paper, the circle of the bottom of the monkey's face looks like a type of marble. It's a real awesome thing when they are connecting the shapes with real-life materials because it allows the reader to see that shapes are useful as everyday objects.

The book is obviously free of stereotypes and provides a great learning space for everyone!

Literary Elements:
Tone: Excited, Wonder
Mood: Curious
Setting: Spaces of different colors and shapes

Lexile: not listed [new book]