Alfred the Ape Knows His Shapes

In this bright and colorful 8.5" X 11" 42-page children's book, written in a fun and catchy rhyming format, young readers will learn from Alfred the Ape who knows a lot about shape!  In fact... "He learned all about them, in art class in school. Now he draws them and colors them and thinks they're pretty cool! He'd love to tell you everything he has learned so sit back and relax as the pages are turned..." As an elementary art teacher, I noticed that books on SHAPE are often geared toward very young children. They focus on teaching the names of simple shapes and stop there. After researching the math standards for kindergarten through second grade and incorporating that with the art standards, I wrote a book that would not only teach the names of shapes but so much more. With Alfred the Ape Knows His Shapes, children will Know that a shape is created from an enclosed line Learn the difference between two-dimensional shapes and three-dimensional forms Understand what makes organic shap