The Museum of Shapes

(Hardback)

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Alma is curating an exhibition at the Museum of Shapes. Learn all about the shapes that make up our world and help her put the exhibition together!

Welcome to the Museum of Shapes. Alma is the curator of the museum. She decides which shapes should go where. Triangles have three sides and three angles. Can you help Alma find all the triangles on the shelves

Alma's favourite shape is a circle. All the points on the edge of a circle are the same distance from its centre. Not all shapes are geometric. Some lines are wiggly and messy. Can you make a wiggly line with your body

This is an engaging and informative book about the shapes that make up our world. The narrative framework is complemented by interactive texts and gorgeous, minimalist illustration, shedding new light on the beauty of geometry.

Reviews

Praise for Volker's A Million Dots (Cicada, 2019):

Winner of The New York Times Top 10 Best Illustrated Children's Books of 2019

'Volker has created an approachable introduction to numeracy, but also rendered math beautiful and entrancing.' - The New York Times

'A profound addition to children's book collections emphasizing the concepts of math and design.' - School Library Journal

Author Bio

Sven Volker is the author and illustrator of the New York Times award-winning A Million Dots (Cicada, 2019) and the critically acclaimed Are We There Yet (Cicada, 2023). His minimalist aesthetics have featured on car branding, stage design and art installations. He is a professor at Potsdam University.