{"id":36000,"date":"2019-03-22T21:39:26","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T01:39:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36000"},"modified":"2019-03-22T21:39:26","modified_gmt":"2019-03-23T01:39:26","slug":"review-of-circle-by-mac-barnett-jon-klassen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=36000","title":{"rendered":"Review of Circle, by Mac Barnett &#038; Jon Klassen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/circle_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/circle_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"249\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-36039\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/circle_large.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/circle_large-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><em>Circle<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by Mac Barnett &#038; Jon Klassen<\/p>\n<p>Candlewick Press, 2019.  52 pages.<br \/>\nReview written March 12, 2019, from a library book<\/p>\n<p>This is the third book in a Shapes trilogy by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, where the characters are large shapes with eyes.  I wasn\u2019t crazy about the first two, and thought <em>Triangle<\/em> was just plain mean-spirited, but I\u2019m really taken with <em>Circle<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The story is simple.  Circle\u2019s planning a game of hide-and-seek with Square and Triangle.  Circle tells them the rules, and the main one is no hiding behind the waterfall because it\u2019s dark back there.<\/p>\n<p>Well, when Circle opens her eyes, Square is just standing there, pointing.  Triangle broke the rule and went behind the waterfall.<\/p>\n<p>Then their adventures begin.<\/p>\n<p>This one\u2019s fun.  I love the look of the pages, especially the lovely misty waterfall contrasting with the distinct shapes.  And then it plays with the dark shapes \u2013 and bright eyes \u2013 in the dark behind the waterfall.<\/p>\n<p>The final line asks the reader an imaginative question, and I\u2019m going to use this book in a storytime just to find out what kids will say.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/candlewick.com\/\">candlewick.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0763696080\/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\/Picture_Books\/circle.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/circle.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>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>Circle by Mac Barnett &#038; Jon Klassen Candlewick Press, 2019. 52 pages. Review written March 12, 2019, from a library book This is the third book in a Shapes trilogy by Mac Barnett and Jon Klassen, where the characters are large shapes with eyes. I wasn\u2019t crazy about the first two, and thought Triangle was [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36000","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fantasy","category-picture-book-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36000","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36000"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36000\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36040,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36000\/revisions\/36040"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36000"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36000"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36000"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}