PerfectSquare
AUTHOR:MichaelHall
ILLUSTRATOR:MichaelHall
PUBLISHER:HarperCollins
COPYRIGHTDATE:2011
ARTMEDIUM:Collage/tornpaper
GENRE:adventure/shapes
LIFESKILLS:resourcefulness,initiative,perserverance
SYNOPSIS:Onesquaremanagestomakeitselfoverandoverintosomethingnew
afteritsshapeischanged.
BOOKTALK:Howmanydifferentshapescanyoumakefromasquare?Let’slook
insidePerfectSquareandsee.
AUTHOR:
Author’sName
MichaelHallabestsellingauthorofmanyshape‐relatedpicturebooksforchildren.
Oneofhislatest,MyHeartisLikeaZoo,wasnationallyacclaimed.Heisadesigner
forHallKelley,Inc.andliveswithhisfamilyinMinnesota.
Otherbookswrittenbytheauthor:
CatTale
MyHeartisLikeaZoo
ILLUSTRATOR:
MichaelHall(seeabove)
CHALLENGINGWORDS(…duetopronunciation,spellingand/ordefining):
Babbled,shattered,snipped,crumpled,wrinkled,confining,rigid
DISCUSSIONQUESTIONS:(Pleaseinclude4‐6questions)
1.Whydoyouthinktheshapewashappyasasquare?
2.Howdiditfeelwhenitwaschanged?
3.Howdiditreacttoeachchange?
4.Bytheend,wasitstillhappybeingasquare?Whynot?
5.Whatdiditdotomakeitselfhappyagain?
ACTIVITIESwithCORESTANDARDS:
Mathematics:
1.Giveeachchilda“perfectsquare”ofconstructionpaperandseehowmany
YHBA Picture Book Committee Title Activity Form, Last Revised 2012
differentshapesitcanbecome.
K.G.4.Analyzeandcomparetwo‐andthree‐dimensionalshapes,indifferentsizes
andorientations,usinginformallanguagetodescribetheirsimilarities,differences,
parts(e.g.,numberofsidesandvertices/“corners”)andotherattributes(e.g.,having
sidesofequallength).
1.G.2.Composetwo‐dimensionalshapes(rectangles,squares,trapezoids,triangles,
half‐circles,andquarter‐circles)orthree‐dimensionalshapes(cubes,right
rectangularprisms,rightcircularcones,andrightcircularcylinders)tocreatea
compositeshape,andcomposenewshapesfromthecompositeshape.1
K.G.6.Composesimpleshapestoformlargershapes
2.G.1.Recognizeanddrawshapeshavingspecifiedattributes,suchasagiven
numberofanglesoragivennumberofequalfaces.1Identifytriangles,
quadrilaterals,pentagons,hexagons,andcubes
RELATEDINTERNETSITES:
Arthurinformation
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/36209/Michael_Hall/index.aspx
anotherbookbyMichaelHallhttp://www.myheartislikeazoo.com/
YHBA Picture Book Committee Title Activity Form, Last Revised 2012