Circle under Berry

”[S]parkling and ingenious … will become a nursery staple… . [Circle Under Berry] positively tingles.“-The Wall Street Journal ”[Circle Under Berry]opens the door for children to engage with color, geometry, and prepositions, too, just for good measure. And how could they resist, with a rhythmic text that makes use of such lush language; why look for yellow, green, and pink when you could find goldenrod, emerald, and magenta? A triumph of design and a beacon of possibility.“-The Horn Book Magazine”[A] striking exploration of shapes, colors, and patterns … The artwork is particularly distinctive, comprised of brightly hued, stylized shapes and objects created from cut-and-collaged, hand-painted papers digitally assembled on white backgrounds… . [Circle Under Berry is] an appealing choice for emerging readers [and] the emphasis on prepositions will aid English language learners as well.“–Booklist Reviews“Using hand-painted paper to create brilliantly hued, shape-based forms that appear against a clean white backdrop, Higgins (Bikes for Sale) economically examines ways to observe color, shape, pattern, and position… . [D]rawing readers’ attention while achieving real grace as the items resolve into origami-like forms… Higgins offers seeds of conversations about naming and classification.”–Publishers Weekly, starred review”[V]isually striking… carefully assembled… [and] inspired by an Eric Carle aesthetic… [Circle Under Berry] possesses a pleasing rhythm and subtle rhymes, positively begging to be read aloud: ‘circle next to berry / square by bear by sweet // blue up high / pig down low / yellow in between.’ Satisfying, engaging, and sure to entertain the toddlers at whom it is aimed.“–Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Carter Higgins is the author of many books for kids, such as Everything You Need for a Treehouse, Bikes for Sale, and Audrey L & Audrey W: Best Friends-ish. She is an Emmy-winning visual effects and motion graphics artist and spent a decade as a school librarian. This is her first illustrated book. She lives in Los Angeles.