Circle Rolls

Author: Barbara Kanninen; Serge Bloch (Artist)

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  • : 20.95 AUD
  • : 9780714876306
  • : Phaidon Press Limited
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  • : 0.381018
  • : May 2018
  • : 191mm x 191mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 14.95
  • : April 2018
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  • : Barbara Kanninen; Serge Bloch (Artist)
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  • : Hardback
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  • : English
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Barcode 9780714876306
9780714876306

Description

A clever and spirited rhyming story of friends who literally come in all shapes and sizes

When Circle rolls into one of Triangle's points and pops, chaos momentarily ensues until Octagon's "Stop " brings everyone to their senses. An effortlessly rhyming text introduces us to a collection of shapes and subtly weaves their physical characteristics into traits that both lead to and solve a would-be catastrophe. Master illustrator Serge Bloch's shapes are accompanied by a chorus of miniature people who play along, creating the perfect complement to Barbara Kanninen's economy of words. Worthy of comparison to Shel Silverstein's The Missing Piece, this raucous chain of events is satisfyingly cyclical, ending just exactly where it began.

Reviews

"The illustrations are as simple as the story, playful and clear. It is clearly a book written to conform to the wishes of children, not how we wish children to be, but nonetheless adeptly communicates both geometry and personal responsibility." --Fatherly

Author description

Jason Fulford is a photographer, graphic designer, and cofounder of the nonprofit J&L Books. He is a contributing editor at Blind Spot and a frequent lecturer at universities. His monographs include Sunbird, Crushed, Raising Frogs for $$$, The Mushroom Collector and Hotel Oracle.

Tamara Shopsin is a graphic designer and illustrator whose work has been featured in The New York Times, Good, Time, The New Yorker, Wired and Newsweek. She is the author of several books including Mumbai New York Scranton and designer of 5 Year Diary. She is also a cook at her family's restaurant, Shopsin's, in New York.