SHAPES BOOK LIST
Brown Rabbit's Shape Book by Alan Baker
The Button Box by Margarette Reid
Circles, Triangles and Squares by Tana Hoban
Circus Shapes by Stuart Murphy
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Grandma's Button Box by Linda Aber
The Greedy Triangle by Marilyn Burns
I Have Shapes by Rozanne Lanczak Williams
It Looked Like Spilt Milk by Charles Shaw
Mouse Shapes by Jim Arnosky
Round and Round and Round by Tana Hoban
Round and Square by Miriam Schlein
Sea Shapes by Suse MacDonald
The Secret Birthday Message by Eric Carle
The Shape of Me and Other Stuff by Dr. Seuss
The Shape of Things by Dayle Ann Dodds
Shape Space by Cathryn Falwell
Shape Spotters by Megan Bryant
Shapes by Jan Pienkowski
Shapes by John Reiss
Shapes and Things by Tana Hoban
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes by Tana Hoban
Shapes for Ten Tired Teddies by Prue Theobalds
The Shapes Game by Paul Rogers
So Many Circles, So Many Squares by Tana Hoban
Twizzlers: Shapes and Patterns by Jerry Pallotta
What Am I?: Looking Through Shapes at Apples and Grapes by N.N. Charles
What is Round? by Rebecca Dotlich
What is Square? by Rebecca Dotlich
What is a Triangle? by Rebecca Dotlich
When a Line Bends...A Shape Begins by James Kaczman
The Wing on a Flea: A Book About Shapes by Ed Emberley
Shapes Song
(Tune: 'Here We Go 'Round the Mulberry Bush')
Author: Unknown
This is a (square) as you can see.
It has (4 sides all the same).
This is a (square) as you can see.
Now draw it in the air with me!
Other verses:
Rectangle: 2 short sides and 2 long
Circle: goes around without an end
Triangle: 3 corners and 3 sides
Oval: goes around, but is squished in
Related Resources
Shapes - shape activities from Little Giraffes
Shape Poems - from Can Teach
Shapes Math Tub - hands on ideas for learning shapes, inside Hubbard's Cupboard
Sort and Classify Math Tub - ideas for sorting, includes printable sorting mats, inside Hubbard's Cupboard
Buttons, Buttons Everywhere - a list of many ideas from The Activity Idea Place