FICTION

Go, Shapes, Go!

by Denise FLEMING
Go, Shapes, Go! illus. by Denise Fleming. 40p. S. & S./Beach Lane. Oct. 2014. Tr $17.99. ISBN 9781442482401; ebk. $10.99. ISBN 9781442482418. LC 2013004899.
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PreS-Gr 1—Pulp painting and collage art prevail in this creative game. On the first spread, a motorized mouse figure instructs shapes—a small arc, triangle, oval, large arc, circle, two small ovals, two tiny circles, two big rectangles, two thin rectangles, and a square—to rearrange themselves piece by piece to form a monkey. Mouse and Monkey accidentally collide, and the pieces assemble into a cat, then quickly return to the intended form. Fleming's active verbs (bounce, slide, slither, flip) create verbal energy to reflect the visual fun that keeps fresh with varying colored backgrounds. Readers can seek and find the shapes on each page, and assembling them in different ways creates an engaging interactive experience.—Gay Lynn Van Vleck, Henrico County Library, Glen Allen, VA
Sixteen labeled shapes (circles, arcs, rectangles, etc.) wait on the left-hand page while a mouse directs them to join him, one by one, on the right. As the shapes bounce, roll, and slither to the right, they form an animal, eventually recognizable as a monkey. Fleming's cut-paper collage and highly saturated colors steal the show from the rhyming text.
Reviewed by Gay Lynn Van Vleck , Sep 01, 2014

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