This Is a Book of Shapes

Concept books come with expectations, and everybody knows them. Mastering basic shapes is a key element for preschool readiness, and everybody knows that. Kraegel breaks, most delightfully, from the program, throwing his audience off balance with one change-up and then another, until this rudimentary lesson is so swamped with giggles that tykes might forget they’re learning.—Bulletin of the Center for Children’s BooksSurprising—Wall Street Journal

Kenneth Kraegel is the author-illustrator of three picture books—Green Pants, The Song of Delphine, and King Arthur’s Very Great Grandson, which was named a New York Times Book Review Notable Children’s Book of the Year—as well as the first chapter book Wild Honey from the Moon. He lives in Grand Rapids, Michigan, with his family.