Review by Booklist Review
The third book in the Jane Brocket's Clever Concepts series presents patterns. While the large-print text explains what patterns are, how they vary, and why they are useful to people, the large, colorful illustrations steal the show. Heightening viewers' awareness of the patterns around them, the photos focus attention on subjects that vary from the print on new sneakers to the geometric arrangement of old ceramic tiles, from the creative plantings of dark and light lettuces to the glass-and-steel triangles that make up a distinctive skyscraper. Like Spiky, Slimy, Smooth: What Is Texture? (2011) and Ruby, Violet, Lime: Looking for Color (2012), this volume offers plenty of textures and colors to enjoy as well. Parents and teachers looking for a concept book on patterns will find this a rich collection of photos that can spark any number of discussions around the subject.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2010 Booklist
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Review by School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-As she did in Ruby, Violet and Lime: Looking for Color and Spiky, Slimy, Smooth: What Is Texture? (both Millbrook, 2011), Brocket has taken a concept and given it the full treatment. Using crisp, bright photographs reminiscent of the work of Tana Hoban and clearly written text in playful fonts, she examines patterns from almost every conceivable angle. There are patterns determined sometimes by shape, sometimes by color, sometimes by object. They run the gamut from simple to quite complex. There are man-made patterns such as brickwork or quilts, and patterns that occur in nature, such as geranium leaves. The author explains their various purposes and encourages children to "look up and down and all around" to try and find them. This book is a visual treat that could be used by teachers looking for ways to introduce the topic, and it will attract browsers as well. A first purchase.-Grace Oliff, Ann Blanche Smith School, Hillsdale, NJ (c) Copyright 2012. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Horn Book Review
This attractive book explains what patterns are and how they can exist in nature or be created by organizing objects in different ways. The striking color photos provide dozens of examples of interesting patterns all aroundin fabrics, nature, man-made structures, and decorative objects. The book serves as an engaging introduction to patterns as observed in science, math, and art. (c) Copyright 2012. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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Review by Kirkus Book Review
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