Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-K--This picture book uses images of real construction vehicles to teach various shapes. Each spread depicts construction vehicles on construction sites, including dump trucks, mixers, and cranes. A rhyming prompt asks readers to find a certain shape on each vehicle. "Lifting hook / Lifting hook / Coming through! / I spy a diamond -- / How about you?" Large photos, bold type, and color-specific shapes serve as wonderful aids for young readers to strengthen their identification skills. The repetitive text encourages children to read along with the story. The back matter provides age-appropriate geometry activities. VERDICT Sure to be a hit with collections and storytimes.--Anna Taylor, Chattanooga, TN
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
Storytime gets a kick in the pants with this jaunty combo of shapes and vehicles. In this look at basic geometry via high-resolution photographs of construction trucks, the youngest of readers are introduced to nine different shapes. Using a seek-and-find format, the book encourages them to locate each shape as it appears on a vehicle, clearly delineated with thick, colorful lines. A clear, red triangle decorates the bed of a dump truck; a blue oval surrounds the barrel of a concrete mixer. The rhyming text names the featured equipment, each shot with crystal clarity outdoors on a variety of beautiful days. From the jaunty little red forklift sporting a rectangle on its side to the rhombus of a road sign snapped at an angle, small fingers will have no difficulty tracing each of the featured shapes again and again. Similar in its cadences to Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Eric Carle (1967), this book is ideal for construction storytimes everywhere. "Road roller / Road roller / Coming through! / I spy a circle-- / How about you?" Be sure to sing it to the tune of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" if you really want to bring down the house. Activities to further engage young children are included at the end of the book. Clear, crisp, clean, and concise--trucks and shapes have never before looked (or sounded) this good. (Picture book. 1-3) Copyright (c) Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
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