Shapes All Around (Shapes - Anne Millard)

Member Name: tb4ms

Product:	Shapes - Anne Millard
Date:	07/07/09 (100 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Great photos, lift-the-flap opportunities

Disadvantages: None

This board book has 7 double pages and is sturdy enough to withstand enthusiastic little hands.

Each of these pages is full of photographs of objects specific to the focus of the double page, whether it be circles, rectangles, stars, ovals or diamonds. The right hand page also has three lift-the-flap opportunities which reveal more photos of the same shape.

Seven different types of 2D shapes are looked at in the book, for example:
Rectangles - pictures of a ruler, dominoes, a pencil case, a door and an envelope are shown.
For ovals, pictures of balloons, jelly beans, pebbles, a lemon and an egg are shown.

The name of the 2D shape is in large bold writing at the top left hand corner of the page and for each item the name of the object or objects are written next to it.

- Other Books in the series -

Lift-the-flap
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- Price -

Used and new books are available from amazon.co.uk from £1.62.
My copy, ISBN: 0-7513-3114-7 was £4.99

- Overall -

This is a great book for early years children.
* The lift-the-flap opportunities develop fine motor skills.
* Children can learn about different 2D shapes and things around them that resemble that shape.
* The size of the book and the quality of the pages is ideal for young children.

N.B. This review also appears on ciao.co.uk

Summary: A good educational book for young children.