Last week at the library we found this mesmerizing book. Like magic, it creates animals out of random shapes and layers of acetate. The colors and simplicity are a designer’s dream.
The story within Wild About Shapes is super basic, letting the animals speak for themselves. Asking questions like, “what can you see?” when all there is a blob on the page, then you flip over the clear acetate sheet with more colorful blobs in a contrasting color and suddenly, voila, an elephant! Or a giraffe, turtles, fish, and others. Every page is something new and exciting. My favorite, of course, is the last one where al of those individual primary colors come together to create a full rainbow of surprises. This book is so satisfying.
Recommended for ages 3-5, it kept my 6 yo and I entranced until the very end. But I can see younger kids keeping their surprise for the book through many many readings.
Final image from The Bookworm Baby.
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Now that is one fun book!!! Gotta get my hands on that!
It’s so sweet – and the graphics are gorgeous!