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An original concept where geometry is explained on real life situations showing the practical usage of shapes in our everyday lives. Geometry is usually considered a demanding, boring or even a scary subject. But shapes are all around us and we use them constantly without even realizing it. Various usage of shapes in different environments is presented in 17 chapters and the book ends with a double-spread where kids can try out their newly gained knowledge. The aim of this book is to show geometry as a fun and useful subject that can be comprehensible and that helps us in many ways on a daily basis.
List of contents
What is shape and in what ways is it important to us?
Shapes that make it easier for us to communicate
Shapes that create order
Shapes we can find at home
Shapes as symbols
Other flat shapes?back to the geometry
Shapes that help us find our way around
Shapes in the natural world
Shapes that help us out
Shapes for decorations
Three-dimensional shapes?a little look at solid objects
Shapes we play with
Shapes in music
Shapes in sports
Shapes that show what we've accomplished
Shapes that get things moving
Shapes in art
About the author
Lenka Chytilova was drawn to books and writing from a young age. It was no surprise, then, when she got a degree in Czech Language and Literature and German Translation. She has always tried to connect books and reading, her greatest hobby, with her work; she worked part-time in a bookshop for many years and she also worked as an editor and proofreader. Lenka likes classic Czech fairytales, and she loves Večerníček, the Czech television program for children’s bedtime stories. She grew up in a village in East Moravia.
After many years in London, Gary Boller now lives a little more south in the countryside in Hampshire, UK, with his wife and two children and several cats. He trained as a graphic designer gaining an HND and also thereafter had a career in design and advertising in London. He was always drawing as a child, even on his parents walls. He loved the comics of the day. The Beano and Dandy, famous titles in England. One day in a summer vacation job from college a co-worker said to him, on observing a cartoon he'd drawn on the back of an old envelope, "There's something in that!" Well so it turned out. After engaging illustrators as an art director it occurred to him that he would really rather be the illustrator.
Summary
An original concept where geometry is explained on real life situations showing the practical usage of shapes in our everyday lives.
Geometry is usually considered a demanding, boring or even a scary subject. But shapes are all around us and we use them constantly without even realizing it. Various usage of shapes in different environments is presented in 17 chapters and the book ends with a double-spread where kids can try out their newly gained knowledge.
The aim of this book is to show geometry as a fun and useful subject that can be comprehensible and that helps us in many ways on a daily basis.
Foreword
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Planned ETA Jackson: February 28, 2023
