A thoughtful and unique meditation on the shapes found in everyday
life, sure to expand young children's thinking.
In lyrical language, a mother tells her small daughter about the shapes
that make up their lives. At first, the shapes are literal. The shape of
their door is a rectangle, their table, a square. Water can be shaped
like a cube or a cloud. And then she moves on to the figurative. The
shape of learning is a question. The shape of warmth is a space waiting
to be filled. Some shapes change, like a child growing up, while some
remain the same, like the triangle of the mountain behind their house.
The shape of her heart, she concludes, "will always be you."
Bestselling and award-winning author Mượn Thị Văn has written an
innovative, poetic and philosophical exploration of shapes and the many
forms they can take, touching on objects, families and love. The
meditative and heartwarming text is beautifully complemented by Miki
Sato's layered, multitextured and three-dimensional-looking
illustrations created from different papers and fabrics. A soothing
read-aloud, this picture book has the feel of a classic and promotes
observation, curiosity, interpretation and discussion. It's an excellent
choice for exploring critical thinking, shapes and measurements with
young children.
