Storytelling Math: Circle! Sphere! (Board Book)

Ages 2 And Under, Grades P And Under

Caldecott Honor winner Grace Lin celebrates math for every kid, everywhere!

Manny and his friends Olivia and Mei blow bubbles in this playful introduction to geometry. Manny’s wand is a circle. Olivia’s wand is a square. Mei’s wand is a heart. What shape will their bubbles be? (Surprise! They’re all spheres.)

The Storytelling Math series shows that all children can be mathematical thinkers. Each book includes ideas for exploring math at home with your children, developed in collaboration with math experts at STEM education nonprofit TERC Inc., under a grant from the Heising-Simons Foundation.

Series Overview: Storytelling Math brings together math, diversity, and the power of story to provide better books for children of all backgrounds.

About the Author

Grace Lin, a New York Times best-selling author/illustrator, won a Caldecott Honor for A Big Mooncake for Little Star, a Newbery Honor for Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, and a Theodor Geisel Honor for Ling and Ting: Not Exactly the Same. Her most recent novel, When the Sea Turned to Silver, was a National Book Award finalist. Grace is a commentator for New England Public Radio, a reviewer for the New York Times, and a video essayist for PBS NewsHour. You can hear her speak about diversity and children’s literature in her popular TEDx talk “The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf.”

Author Residence: Florence, MA

Author Hometown: Upstate New York