Debbie Barry

Shapes We Eat Debbie Barry

Shapes surround us every day, and shapes seen in the foods they eat will help children learn the five most basic shapes: circle, triangle, square, rectangle, and oval. Children are encouraged to think of other food shapes in their lives. A piece of toast may be a square for one child, a rectangle for another, or a triangle for a third, but each child can make a personal list of foods for each of the five shapes. Pages for practice drawing and coroeing the shapes are also provided in this fun, colorful, interactive activity book. Young children may need an adult to help them read the book the first few times, but they will quickly learn to recognize the shapes, their names, the colors used for them in the book, and the food examples offered to get them started. The legally-blind author and illustrator drew the illustrations for this book in much the same way a child would draw: with bold lines, simple shapes, and just a black Sharpie marker and a box of ten wide-tipped colored markers, on paper.