{"product_id":"circle-sphere-isbn-9781623541248","title":"Circle! Sphere!","description":"\u003cb\u003eCaldecott Honor winner Grace Lin celebrates math for every kid, everywhere!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eManny and his friends Olivia and Mei blow bubbles in this playful introduction to geometry. Manny's wand is a circle. Olivia's wand is a square. Mei's wand is a heart. What shape will their bubbles be? (Surprise! They're all spheres.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStorytelling Math celebrates children using math in their daily adventures as they play, build, and discover the world around them. Joyful stories and hands-on activities make it easy for kids and their grown-ups to explore everyday math together. Developed in collaboration with math experts at STEM education nonprofit TERC, under a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation.♦ In board book form, Lin accomplishes that most difficult of tasks:  creating engaging, accessible, age-level-appropriate, not-too-fussily  illustrated stories that also teach something. In this case it’s math.  Each entry homes in on a specific mathematical concept, while together  providing a tour through the seasons — and a slice-of-life portrait of  three friends, Olivia, Mei, and Manny. In the springtime-set \u003ci\u003eKnees\u003c\/i\u003e, Mei observes measurement and comparison as she cultivates a sunflower. \u003ci\u003eCircle! Sphere!\u003c\/i\u003e proves the mind-stretching fact that the children’s three different-shaped bubble wands produce the same-shaped bubble. \u003ci\u003eFit\u003c\/i\u003e’s setting is a fall farmers’ market and illustrates Olivia’s spatial sense (and taste in ­produce). Wintry \u003ci\u003eMarshmallow\u003c\/i\u003e touches on division, both ­mathematical (how to split three  marshmallows between two girls…) and behavioral (…without ruining the  friendship). The illustrations are signature Lin — think \u003ci\u003eThe Ugly Vegetables\u003c\/i\u003e (rev. 9\/99) and the Ling and Ting  books — with bold, saturated hues; thick black outlines; judicious use  of frames; eye-pleasingly tidy details; and nothing extraneous. Brief  “Exploring the Math” notes and “Try This!” suggestions, addressed to  adults and written by an early math expert, are appended. All together,  these diminutive math storybooks add up to a whole lot of fun. \u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Horn Book, \u003c\/i\u003estarred review\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eGrace Lin is the author and illustrator of more than twenty books for children, including the Newbery Honor Book Where the Mountain Meets the Moon (Little, Brown), the Geisel Honor Book Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same! (Little, Brown), and The Ugly Vegetables. She is also the co-author and illustrator of Our Seasons. She lives in Florence, Massachusetts.","brand":"Charlesbridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299952840933,"sku":"NP9781623541248","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781623541248.jpg?v=1767723747","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/circle-sphere-isbn-9781623541248","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}