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Updated for 2020, repetition, simple sentences, and supporting images are used to familiarize the beginning reader with squares.

"Simple text and photographs present a story with a theme about squares"--Provided by publisher.

Simple text and pictures of common, everyday objects introduce the shape of the square.

Introduces the geometric concepts of the circle and the square through common objects such as tires, windows, and boxes.

"Square crackers are a tasty snack. A square pillow is a perfect place to rest a head. It might not always occur to us, but our world is full of shapes. This book will hone young readers into recognizing the square, an essential standard of Common Core mathematics. Colorful photographs accompany comprehensible text, supporting readers' budding vocabulary and making this text achievable as well as entertaining." --

Rhyming text examines the basic shapes round and square and how they appear in things around us, concluding with the recognition that there are many other shapes in the world as well.

The three most basic shapes - squares, triangles and circles - are all around us, from the natural world to the one we've engineered. Full of fascinating facts about these shapes and their 3D counterparts, Shapes in Math, Science and Nature introduces young readers to the basics of geometry and reveals its applications at home, school and everywhere in between. Puzzles and activities add to the fun factor.

This big book focuses on a squares, with simple, rhyming test and supportive illustrations that are just right for new readers.