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The everything book

Fleming, Denise

From ABCs to 123s, children learn about the world around them. They are introduced to food and animals, along with colors and shapes, so that they can understand their environment.

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alphabet, animals, birds, body parts, cat, chicken, counting, dog, fall, fish, food, fruit, guinea pig, numbers, parrot, pets, rabbit, rhyme, seasons, shapes, sleep, spring, summer, time, winter

The pumpkin patch

King, Elizabeth

The growth of a pumpkin starts as a seed and the farmer cares for them until they are plump, orange, and ready to be picked. The logistics and details of a pumpkin patch are outlined.

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careers, celebration, colors, farm, flowers, garden, halloween, holidays, month, plants, preparation, seasons, seeds, shapes, sizes, tractor, transportation

Dots! dots! dots at the museum

Alexander, Francie

Children delve deeper into the world of art using dots and imagination. Using interactive questions, the children enjoy some real art, both paintings and sculptures.

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animals, art, colors, dog, exercise, fish, giraffe, illusion, imagination, interpretation, jumping, mexican, multicultural, photography, recycling, shapes

Z goes home

Agee, John

The letter Z leaves his job of making the word zoo. Along the way he passes other letters forming their words until he goes through the entire alphabet.

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alien, alphabet, architecture, bodies of water, careers, glossary, karate, mythical, ocean, river, running, sequence, shapes, sports

A triangle gets bored doing the same old thing every day. He decides to take up a different shape, so he visits the shapeshifter to add on a few more angles. After a life of being a quadrilateral, pentagon and hexagon, the shape returns to its old self of being a triangle.

Alphabet adventure

Wood, Audrey

The little letters are going to school to help teach children their alphabet and how to write. Along the way little i loses her dot, and cannot go on to school without it. The letters go on an adventure as they look for little i's dot. They then decide that they must choose something to replace the dot so they can get to school to help the children. As i chooses a cherry and its about to leave, her dot comes out from a game of hide and seek just in time to find charley awaiting them at the school.

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adventures, alphabet, bodies of water, celebration, colors, feelings, games, island, letters, problem solving, school, sequence, shapes

The shape of me and other stuff

Seuss, Dr.

Read and explore the uniqueness of everything around us. Everything and everyone has their own body shape, and we should be proud of the one we have.

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acceptance, balloon, bee, bicycle, boat, body image, camel, clothing, colors, comparisons, differences, elephant, fire, fish, flowers, horse, imagination, insects, machines, mice, mountains, poetry, shapes, ship, sizes, spider, uniqueness, water

Encyclopedia prehistorica: Dinosaurs

Reinhart, Matthew // Sabuda, Robert

Discover the world of dinosaurs as they pop-up and come to life! Learn about various dinosaurs and how multiple body parts made them different from other dinosaurs. With the turn of each page, a new dinosaur jumps out to meet you. Interact with raptors, meat eaters, long necked giants, and frill heads in their long-ago world when they were the rulers!

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animals, birds, body parts, bones, critical thinking, detective, dinosaur, extinction, fossil, history, insects, lizard, nonverbal communication, reptiles, rocks, science, shapes, sizes, survival, teeth

Museum shapes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Children will love learning about shapes through works of art from the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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art, colors, concepts, creativity, critical thinking, discovery, images, museum, shapes, stars, symbols, vocabulary

If you find a rock

Christian, Peggy

Real life photos capture children doing activities with rocks of different shapes, colors, and sizes. Can you remember the feel of a special rock in your hand?

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activities, colors, critical thinking, exploration, feelings, fun, geology, goal setting, imagination, investigation, memory, nature, nonverbal communication, play, rocks, science, self esteem, shapes, sizes, stress management, water, wish

The house that makes shapes

Potts, Jim

A man releases a bunch of shapes and is then demanded to clean them up. He must discover a creative way and finally chooses to build a house out of the shapes.

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conflict resolution, decision making, exercise, nonverbal communication, park, ranch, shapes, verbal communication, walking

Tutankhamun

Demi

Learn about King Tutankhamun's life and his challenges when ruling his kingdom in Egypt.

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archeology, biography, decision making, education, egypt, egyptian, god, history, hunting, language, marriage, multicultural, religion, royalty, sand, secrets, shapes, spiritual, sun

Snow

Bauer, Marion Dane

The dull, cold winter is transformed by the marvel of snow. Children are taken on a journey where they learn how snowflakes are formed, the amazing purposes that snow serves, and the enjoyable activities that they can participate in with snow.

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beauty, bodies of water, clouds, cold, fun, ice, lake, nonverbal communication, river, seasons, shapes, sky, snow, spring, tree, weather, winter

Follow the line...

Ljungkvist, Laura

Counting takes place everywhere and throughout the entire day-from early morning in the big city to mid-day across the ocean and finally evening in a country village. There are flowers, animals, buildings, windows, people, patterns and apples to help make counting engaging and fun! Will you be able to answer the questions on each colorful page?

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airplane, animals, boat, buildings, bus, car, colors, counting, deer, fish, home, pattern, rabbit, shapes, signs, snail, snake, symbols, tree, truck

Food for thought: The complete book of concepts for growing minds

Freymann, Saxton

Fruits and vegetables are strategically carved to emulate people and animals in order to teach shapes, colors, numbers, letters, and opposites. Readers can learn these skills while being entertained by the creative use of healthy foods.

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airplane, alphabet, animals, ant, birds, cat, colors, concepts, counting, dog, duck, elephant, feelings, fish, flowers, food, frog, fruit, giraffe, guinea pig, happiness, insects, kangaroo, letters, numbers, opposites, penguin, sadness, shapes, sheep, sizes, snake, turtle, umbrella, vegetables

Monster and the surprise cookie

Blance, Ellen // Cook, Ann

Monster and the little boy decide to throw a party! They travel to the supermarket to find refreshments for their guests. They pack their shopping cart full of cookies, but when they go through the line, they realize that they donﾒt have enough money! Instead, they buy a few ingredients, so they can make cookies at home. Using a recipe book, they make a variety of shaped cookies. Surprisingly, these cookies take the shape of Monster when placed together. The cookies are delicious and everyone is pleased!

A triangle for Adaora: An African book of shapes

Onyefulu, Ifeoma

When Adaora's cousin promises to find a triangle for her, he does'nt realize just how difficult the task might be. As they search through their village, the cousins encounter a variety of other shapes - heart-shaped leaves, circular elephant drums, crescent-shaped plantains - everything but the shape they seek. Just when the children are too tired to look anymore, they find a perfect triangle...and a great surprise to go along with it!

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africa, african, community, family, food, fruit, jewelry, multicultural, music, plants, problem solving, shapes, siblings, traditions, verbal communication, village

The village of round and square houses

Grifalconi, Ann

In a village in West Africa, women live in round houses and men live in square houses. After supper, grandmother tells a story about the origin of these houses aand how it is related to the rupturing of volcanic mountain, Naka.

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african, celebration, coping, family, folktale, generations, grandparents, mountains, multicultural, nature, parents, respect, shapes, siblings, storytelling, traditions

Rocks! Rocks! Rocks!

Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth

Buddy likes looking at and collecting rocks so Mama suggests they visit the local nature center. They hike the Blue Diamond Trail to five learning centers where they meet Roxie, a Rock Ridge Ranger. Buddy learns about bedrock, erosion, and how three types of rocks are formed. He finds out many surprising things about rocks, rocks, rocks!

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author's note, careers, collection, direction, food, geology, learning, nature, parents, rocks, school, shapes, sizes, travel, vocabulary, walking

A fine, fine school

Creech, Sharon

Mr. Keeene knows he has a fine school with great teachers and students. Since everyone is learning so much, he decides to have school on Saturdays, then Sundays, and then eventually all summer. Eventually, one student named Tillie tells Mr. Keene that they are not learning anything outside of school. Everyone is relieved when Mr. Keene announces the return of a normal school year.

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careers, colors, Days of The Week, decision making, dog, family, happiness, holidays, learning, loneliness, play, pride, reading, repetition, school, shapes, siblings, skipping, summer, surprises, teaching, tree, worry, writing

What am i?

Charles, N.

Through the use of colors and shapes, you can see different fruit and people.

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colors, critical thinking, differences, diversity, food, nutrition, rainbow, shapes

A kiss is round

Budney, Blossom

Many things have the same shape, but we rarely notice them. Come and see some of the things that are round.

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nonverbal communication, poetry, rhyme, shapes

What comes in 2's, 3's, and 4's?

Aker, Suzanne

What comes in two's?Some of the things are two pieces of bread for a sandwich, two body parts, and two wings on a bird. What comes in three's?Three wheels on a tricycle, three meals each day, and three primary colors. Can you come up with thing that comes in four's?

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airplane, animals, autumn, bicycle, body parts, car, cat, colors, counting, dog, food, numbers, nutrition, seasons, shapes, spring, summer, transportation, wagon, winter

Happy to be nappy

Hooks, Bell

A whimsical rhythm of sweet jive jumps from watercolored illustrations on different pages to portray portraits of little girls who celebrate their African American culture. Hooray for the frizzy, fuzzy, nappy, twisty hair!Hooray for the sizzling semblance and fantastic flare that shines in every hair on every head. Beauty lies everywhere.

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african american, appearance, appreciation, awareness, beauty, body parts, caring, celebration, child care, cleanliness, closeness, colors, comparisons, confidence, creativity, culture, day, differences, family, feelings, fun, happiness, health, hope, images, individuality, multicultural, parents, play, pride, rhythm, self confidence, self esteem, shapes

The wing on a flea

Emberley, Ed

We can learn about triangles, rectangles, and circles by comparing them to what we see everyday. What shapes do you recognize?

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flea, insects, memory, observation, relationship, shapes

Afro-bets: Book of shapes

Brown, Margery

Langston makes cookies by rolling dough in the shape of a circle. Once he is finished making cookies, he stacks them in a rectangular box. Next, he makes diamond cookies.

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african american, food, multicultural, nutrition, shapes

Pots and pans

Rockwell, Anne

A young boy and girl play in the kitchen with pots, pans, measuring cups, plastic containers, a rolling pin, and other kitchen utensils.

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cooking, food, imagination, nutrition, play, shapes

A fruit and vegetable man

Schotter, Roni

For over fifty years, Ruby Rubenstein has owned a fruit and vegetable store on Delano Street. Sun Ho, a young school boy, comes everyday to watch Ruby stack the fruits and vegetables in the most beautiful displays. Eventually, Ruby teaches Sun Ho how to work the register and buy the fruit and vegetables at the market. Ruby gets sick so Sun Ho and his family run the store for Ruby.

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asian american, careers, colors, cooperation, food, fruit, hard work, helping, illness, Jewish, learning, market, multicultural, nutrition, shapes, shopping, vegetables

The m & m counting book

McGrath, Barbara Barbieri

Using M & M candies, this book teaches young children to count, add, and subtract. Shapes and colors can be learned too.

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colors, counting, food, nutrition, sequence, shapes

Beach ball

Sis, Peter

Mary and her mother visit the beach. They see numbers, opposites, letters, and shapes. There are many fun things to do at the beach.

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beach, boat, bodies of water, colors, critical thinking, differences, fishing, letters, numbers, opposites, play, sequence, shapes, swimming, transportation

Listen to a shape

Brown, Marcia

Different parts of nature make many different shapes and sounds. Children can use their imaginations to create shapes in nature.

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fire, imagination, nature, rain, seasons, shapes, spring, weather, wind, winter

The missing piece

Silverstein, Shel

A circle is missing a piece. She rolls along singing and looking for her missing piece. She comes across several pieces that do not fit, butshe finally finds her missing piece.

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assertiveness, body image, feelings, goal setting, happiness, loneliness, lost, self esteem, shapes

Rodney's inside story

Barasch, Lynne

Mom tells a story to Baby Gray about Rodney Rabbit, who lives in a cabbage and has vegetable toys and furniture.

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animals, bedtime, family, food, nutrition, play, rabbit, shapes, sleep, storytelling, vegetables

Shape space

Falwell, Cathryn

A young girl empties a box full of rectangles, triangles, semi-circles, and squares. She plays on the shapes, she builds things with the shapes, she wears the shapes, and she creates a playmate with the shapes so she can dance with it.

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african american, dancing, exercise, imagination, multicultural, play, shapes

Wheels go round

Nikola-Lisa, W.

Wheels are used for lots of fun activities. Children ride their scooters, bikes, and skates. Faster and faster the children keep on rolling through the country and through the town. Going up hill. Going down.

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airplane, bicycle, biking, bus, car, exercise, numbers, shapes, skating, train, transportation, truck

The puddle pail

Kleven, Elisa

Ernst and Sol, two crocodile brothers, set out for the beach one morning. Sol suggests that they should start collecting various items along the beach. To Sol's disapproval, Ernst decides he wants to collect puddles. By the end of his tale, Ernst finds a creative use for his puddle collection.

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beach, celebration, clouds, collection, creativity, crocodile, dog, easter, food, holidays, moon, night, sand, shapes, siblings, stars, verbal communication, water

Boxes!boxes!

Fisher, Leonard Everett

Boxes are used around the house in many ways.

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creativity, shapes

Freight train

Crews, Donald

This book illustrates and identifies the different colors of the rainbow. Each car of a freight train represents a different color. Freight trains move quickly and travel far distances.

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colors, moving, rainbow, shapes, train, transportation

The block book

Couture, Susan Arkin

Betsy and Ben are blocks who save all their junk. Then one day, it comes in handy when their neighbor's house burns down. They build a new one for their friend out of junk.

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caring, critical thinking, friendship, helping, independence, neighbors, nonverbal communication, shapes, toys, verbal communication

Color farm

Ehlert, Lois

Pages with color and shape cut-outs are added together to make animals on a farm. The shapes and animals are labeled.

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animals, birds, cat, chicken, colors, cow, dog, duck, farm, goose, pig, shapes, sheep

The hole story

Merriam, Eve

There are many kinds of holes. There are holes for seeds which grow plants for food. There are holes for drinking and eating our food. There are holes for windows that allow us to see. Holes are also used out at sea. Without holes where would we be?

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beverage, birthday, bodies of water, clothing, colors, food, holidays, nutrition, plants, sea, shapes, ship, sports, transportation

Anna's art adventure

Sortland, Bjorn

Anna is at the museum with her uncle and comes into contact with many new friends. Anna befriends all of the painters whose art is inside the museum. All of these encounters take place because Anna needs to find a toilet.

How we learned the earth is round

Lauber, Patricia

How was the earth determined to be round?Let's see how the early Greeks determined it to be and how explorers actually proved it.

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astronomy, bodies of water, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, discovery, exploration, goal setting, history, ocean, shapes, travel

School bus

Crews, Donald

School buses line up to take children to school then bring them home again. How many school buses are there on the last page?

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art, five senses, perspective, school, shapes, sizes, transportation

A string of beads

Reid, Margarette

A young girl and her grandma spend time together making necklaces from beads. Beads can come in all different shapes, sizes, textures, and materials. They were used by many cultures throughout time. When she puts her necklaces together she learns about each bead.

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appearance, appreciation, archeology, art, author's note, beauty, celebration, colors, creativity, diversity, egyptian, family, fossil, grandparents, history, multicultural, native american, plants, shapes, sizes, spiritual, storytelling, symbols

Dance

Shumaker, Ward

Join pigs, cats, dogs, ducks, and many other animals as they dance the night away. The animals demonstrate many different dances from flopping and dropping to swirling and twirling to the music.

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animals, bear, cat, dancing, dog, dragons, duck, elephant, exercise, fun, instruments, jumping, kangaroo, monkey, nonverbal communication, pig, play, poetry, rabbit, shapes, turtle, verbal communication

Circle dogs

Henkes, Kevin

Two circle dogs live in a big, square house with Mama, Papa, Big Sister, and Baby. They like to run, dig, jump, and eat circle snacks. Most of all they like to sleep.

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animals, dog, dreams, family, morning, night, obedience, play, routine, shapes, sizes, sleep, sounds

The everything book

Fleming, Denise

An educational book with a little bit of everything from nursery rhymes to counting plus colors, fruits, seasons, alphabet, and animals.

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alphabet, animals, autumn, birds, bluejay, body parts, cardinal, cat, chicken, colors, counting, cow, dog, feelings, firefly, fish, food, fruit, guinea pig, insects, morning, night, nutrition, pets, poetry, rabbit, robin, seasons, sequence, shapes, sizes, sparrow, spring, summer, toys, train, transportation, winter

The scrambled states of america

Keller, Laurie

The fifty states decide to hold a party so that they can meet the other states in the country. The states decide that they are bored with their places on the map and want to switch to new locations. At first, everything is new and exciting, but eventually the states realize where they really belong.

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alphabet, american, assertiveness, bodies of water, boredom, colors, counting, critical thinking, dancing, feelings, food, friendship, geography, goal setting, maps, morning, music, nutrition, party, shapes, storytelling, verbal communication, weather

The cheerios counting book

McGrath, Babra Barbieri

Have fun with your cereal, even after breakfast time! Learn to count using Cheerios cereal. First, count Cheerios from one to ten, then count Cheerios in groups of ten. A different fruit accompanies the cereal on each page.

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activities, classification, colors, counting, critical thinking, encouragement, food, fun, learning, math, numbers, nutrition, pattern, photograph, practice, rhythm, sequence, shapes, skills

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