{"id":33106,"date":"2018-08-19T22:29:29","date_gmt":"2018-08-20T02:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33106"},"modified":"2018-08-19T22:29:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T02:29:29","slug":"review-of-which-is-round-which-is-bigger-by-mineko-mamada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=33106","title":{"rendered":"Review of Which Is Round? Which Is Bigger? by Mineko Mamada"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/which_is_round_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/which_is_round_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-35249\" \/><\/a><em>Which Is Round?<br \/>\nWhich Is Bigger?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Mineko Mamada<\/p>\n<p>Kids Can Press, 2013.  First published in Japan in 2010.  28 pages.<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>I thought this was going to be a ho-hum concept book.  But it surprised me.<\/p>\n<p>The first spread asks the question, \u201cWhich one is round?\u201d  We see an apple and an armadillo.  The answer seems obvious.<\/p>\n<p>But when we turn the page, the apple has been eaten down to the core, and the armadillo has curled into a circle.  Now the page asks, \u201cWhich one is round?  What do you think?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We get similar questions \u2013 and shifts \u2013 with questions about which one is bigger, longer, faster, higher, and red (an apple versus a watermelon \u2013 outside and inside).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a simple book, and very short.  But I love the question after each shift, \u201cWhat do you think?\u201d  What a wonderful opening for interesting conversations with your children!  And what a lovely way to get them to think critically and look again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1554539730\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/which_is_round.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Childrens_Nonfiction\/which_is_round.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Source: This review is based on a library book from Fairfax County Public Library.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but I maintain my website and blogs on my own time.  The views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"none\" data-via=\"Sonderbooks\">Tweet<\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which Is Round? Which Is Bigger? by Mineko Mamada Kids Can Press, 2013. First published in Japan in 2010. 28 pages. Starred Review I thought this was going to be a ho-hum concept book. But it surprised me. The first spread asks the question, \u201cWhich one is round?\u201d We see an apple and an armadillo. 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