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Thong, Roseanne

Round Is a Mooncake: A Book of Shapes

40 pp. | Chronicle | August, 2000 | Trade ISBN 0-8118-2676-7 $$13.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Grace Lin. "Square is the box / that pizza comes in / And dim sum / made by Mrs. Chin." In a somewhat awkward rhyming text, a young girl names objects that are different shapes; the items are an authentic mix of ones related to her Chinese-American heritage and others that are not. Highly patterned, richly colored paintings vividly convey the narrator's family and neighborhood.
Reviewer: Jennifer M. Brabander

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