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My Very First Book of Shapes

by Eric Carle · 1985

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A split-page wordless board book teaching children the simple concept of shapes through Eric Carle's inimitable collage illustrations. Readers need to line up the shape in the top section of the book with the same shaped image in the bottom section.

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science
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childrenspicture books

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