The Shape of My Heart - Softcover

Mark Sperring

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408827050 ISBN 13: 9781408827055

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2013

Synopsis

The world is filled with shapes. A bird, a car, the stars in the sky - what shapes can you see? Children will love spotting familiar shapes on every page. With a warm story and bright illustrations, this is the perfect book to share with any child.

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About the Author

Mark Sperring studied at Bath Academy of Art and Camberwell College of Art before working as a printer and a bookseller, and later becoming a children's book author. Mark is the author of Captain Buckleboots on the Naughty Step (Puffin) and The Sunflower Sword (Andersen). He lives in Bristol. Alys Paterson is a graphic designer and fine artist who studied Illustration at Falmouth College of Arts. Alys's clients include Habitat, Waterstones, Elle Magazine and The Art Group. She lives in Bristol. Mark and Alys have been friends for many years. This is their first picture book together.

From Booklist

Sperring eschews the typical strategies of concept books about shapes with an opening spread featuring two people’s bodies (blank except for matching hearts) created from the negative space of geometric objects: This is the shape that we are. The shape of you and me. Simple rhyming text proceeds from there: This is the shape of the sun, / coming up to brighten our day. / And these are the shapes that chirp and tweet . . . / and flitter-flutter away. Nope, there’s ne’er a rectangle or oval mentioned. Instead, Paterson uses brightly colored cut-paper collage-style illustrations to urge viewers to take a fresh look at everyday objects. To some extent, the book is organized around senses. For example, a spread about the shape of our mouths is followed by objects that are cold or hot, savory or sweet. But mostly the organization is scattered, except in how it returns to the heart shape that began the book. Though this offering’s overall purpose is muddy, it remains an intriguing combination of poetic wondering and point-and-name-the-object prompts. Preschool-Grade 1. --Patricia Austin

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1408827050
• ISBN 13: 9781408827055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32