Title: Love, Triangle Author: Marcie Colleen Illustrator: Bob Shea Publisher: Balzer + Bray Date: October 3, 2017 Genre: children's picture book; age 4-8 Pages: 32 Price: $21.99 My rating: delightfully fun & educational at the same time
Love, Triangle by Marcie Colleen makes geometry fun – and it’s not even a math book! Or is it – in disguise?
Marcie Colleen introduces geometry to young readers through her lively characters – Circle, Square, and Triangle. Circle and Square had been friends “ever since they were a dot and a speck.” (Isn’t that a great line?) They were practically inseparable, the best of friends, and appreciated one another for their differences.
Circle and Square’s friendship took on an uncomfortable dimension when Triangle came along. They both wanted Triangle as their own friend and soon their friendship is in danger of collapse. In fighting over Triangle they cause a new problem for Triangle when he attempts to find a way to patch up the friendship between Circle and Square – which is illustrated with humour and play on words.
Marcie Colleen‘s use of language in Love, Triangle is easy and clever. The illustrations by Bob Shea are “spot-on”, amusing and visual of the geometric situations created through the text. His illustrations show geometric shapes for children to discover, and, combined with the text, makes this a wonderful book for classrooms. In fact, because of the benefits (simple geometry, word play, friendship, cooperation, and more) found in this book, Marcie is offering a free cross-curricular guide for teachers HERE.
Children and students are sure to love Love, Triangle by Marcie Colleen.
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