Square: A SHAPE trilogy story for 3, 4, 5, 6 year olds from iconic children's book makers Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett (The Shapes Trilogy, 2) - Softcover

Barnett, Mac

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1406382922 ISBN 13: 9781406382921

Publisher: Walker Books, 2019

Synopsis

<p><b>The second installment in the shape trilogy from the dynamic dream-team of Jon Klassen and Mac Barnett.</b><br><br><b>"A typically original delight” <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br>Every day, Square brings a block out of his cave and pushes it up a steep hill. This is his work. When Circle floats by, she declares Square a genius, a sculptor! “This is a wonderful statue,” she says. “It looks just like you!” But now Circle wants a sculpture of her own, a circle! Will the genius manage to create one? Even accidentally?</p>

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About the Authors

<b>Mac Barnett </b>is a <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of over 60 children’s books, including <i>Sam and Dave Dig a Hole, Extra Yarn, How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney? </i>and the Shapes series, all illustrated by Jon Klassen; <i>Just Because</i> illustrated by Isabelle Arsenault;<i> A Polar Bear in the Snow</i> illustrated by Shawn Harris; <i>John’s Turn</i> illustrated by Kate Berube, as well as the<i> Mac B., Kid Spy</i> series and The First Cat in Space graphic novels. His books have been translated into over 30 languages and sold more than 5 million copies worldwide. Mac’s books have won many prizes, including two Caldecott Honors, three <i>New York Times</i>/New York Public Library Best Illustrated Awards, three E.B. White Read Aloud Awards, the <i>Boston Globe-Horn Book </i>Award, and several international prizes. He is the co-creator, with Jon Klassen, of Shape Island, a stop-motion animated series on Apple TV+, based on their best-selling Shapes series of picture books. Mac lives in Oakland, California. His website is macbarnett.com and his Instagram handle is @macbarnett.

<b>Jon Klassen </b>is the bestselling author and illustrator of <i>The Rock from the Sky, The Skull,</i> <i>I Want My Hat Back,</i> <i>We Found a Hat, </i>and <i>This Is Not My Hat</i>, which won the Caldecott Medal and Kate Greenaway Medal. He is also the illustrator of the Shapes<i> </i>series, <i>Extra Yarn</i>, which received a Caldecott Honor, <i>Sam and Dave Dig a Hole</i> and <i>How Does Santa Go Down the Chimney?</i> all written by Mac Barnett. His Shapes<i> </i>series with Mac Barnett has been adapted into <i>Shape Island, </i>a stop-motion animated TV series on Apple TV+. Originally from Ontario, Canada, Jon worked as an illustrator for feature animated films and now lives in Los Angeles, USA. Find him online as @jonklassen on Instagram.

Edition details

• Publisher: Walker Books
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1406382922
• ISBN 13: 9781406382921
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Klassen Jon
• Number of pages: 40