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Round Is A Tortilla: A Book Of Shapes (2013)

by Roseanne Thong(Favorite Author)

3.82 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1452106169 (ISBN13: 9781452106168)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Chronicle Books

review 1: Book Information:The genre of this book is multicultural. The reading level of this book is ages three-five.Summary:This book is a rhyming book that gives common Spanish words for shapes. Some shapes used in the book are square, circle, oval, and triangle. It teaches children common objects in both English and Spanish. This book would be great for teaching a classroom that was multicultural. Also, the only negative thing I found with this book is that some of the Spanish words could be too difficult for the age it is geared towards and the spellings of those words could be too difficult. Instructional Information:You could use this book in a kindergarten class to help students learn shapes and associate shapes with different objects.Contextual Information:The themes of... more this book are shapes and multicultural. Mexican ethnicities are addressed in this book along with both female and male genders. This book is written for both genders and appeals to young readers. What I enjoyed about this book was the use of shapes connecting them to mexican items and using Spanish words.Thong, R., & Parra, J. (2013). Round is a tortilla. Chronicle Books LLC.
review 2: Parra's folk-style illustrations were fun to look at. I am still thinking about the pages where he did a bird's eye view of a town square and park. but the pictures did not salvage the experience of the book. There was no reason this book needed to rhyme. Many of the rhymes felt forced and distracted from the presentation of everyday culture through the lens of a shapes concept. Also, the fact that Thong started with 'round' instead of 'circle' made me expect to read about more generalized shape concepts like round, angular, zig zag, curve. That would have been a fresh take instead of the same old shape catalog. less

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