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This is a Book of Shapes

A 32 page board book in which the basic shapes (square, circle, triangle) are intruded on by some wacky characters; an emu who pushes a pancake wagon, for example! Learn your shapes and have some fun along the way!

From The Bulletin of the Center for Children’s Books: Concept books come with expectations, and everybody knows them. Mastering basic shapes is a key element for preschool readiness, and everybody knows that. Kraegel breaks, most delightfully, from the program, throwing his audience off balance with one change-up and then another, until this rudimentary lesson is so swamped with giggles that tykes might forget they’re learning.


 

Front cover of This is a Book of Shapes by Kenneth Kraegel featuring a funny smiling emu.
Sample pages from This is a Book of Shapes that features a green circle.
Sample pages from This is a Book of Shaoes featuring a funny emu pushing a cart of pancakes down a hill.
Sample pages from This is a Book of Shapes in which a rhino is skateboarding through the desert wearing a jetpack.

© 2025 Kenneth Kraegel

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