Cover of Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, Spheres

Cubes, Cones, Cylinders, Spheres

Cubes, cones, cylinders, and spheres. Sounds sophisticated? Only until you look at Tana Hoban's incomparable photographs and realize that those shapes are the stuff of everyday life. They are all around us all the time. In our houses, on our streets, in our hands. In yet another breathtaking book, Tana Hoban wakes us up to our world and makes us see it.

Audience
childrenspicture books
Length
short · 24 pages

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