Circles, Triangles, and Squares: the game is on!

As a child, Ivan Brunetti loved making images out of simple shapes. He may be a respected art professor these days, but he has never grown out of it. In his new book, Shapes and Shapes​, Ivan draws on what he has learned as an artist and an educator to teach young readers a basic yet exciting lesson in art and math: the world, from the playground to outer space, is made of shapes! In his hands, circles, triangles, and rectangles explode, divide, and multiply, becoming hearts and stars, a bus full of kids, a ponytail, a cyborg, even Saturn and its ring! Kids will giggle as they learn to see in a whole new way. Who knew shapes could be so much fun?

“If the Platonic ideal of the young children's comic both helps them interpret their world and introduces new ideas for them to explore and expand on, then Brunetti has brought that conceptual model into actual existence.” - ★★★ Booklist STARRED REVIEW

“A strong introduction to graphic novels . . . . Will have readers eagerly pointing out the shapes around them." – Kirkus Reviews

"Captures the fun of a bunch of kids getting their creativity into tip-top shape." – Publishers Weekly​​

And that's not all! Next week, two of Ivan's previous TOON Books will be released in paperback for the first time, joining Shapes and Shapes in beautiful, affordable editions perfect for the classroom!

For more information on ordering Shapes and Shapes for your library, store or classroom, check it out on Edelweiss​!