The greedy triangle
Dublin Core
Title
The greedy triangle
Description
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.
Author
Burns, Marilyn
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Picture Book Entry Item Type Metadata
Illustrator
Silveria, Gordon
ISBN
0-590-48991-7
City of Publication
New York
Year of Publication
1994
Author of Abstract
Abstract provided by Heather Tussey, 2005
Tags
adventures, appearance, appreciation, author's note, boredom, change, classification, concepts, conflict, conflict resolution, consequences, contentment, curiosity, decision making, disappointment, exploration, friendship, identification, identity, lost, math, mistake, recognition, self esteem, shapes
Citation
Burns, Marilyn, “The greedy triangle,” Children's Picture Book Database at Miami University, accessed April 3, 2025, https://dlp.lib.miamioh.edu/picturebook/items/show/13918.