Square
Readers rate it 4.3 (9 on Hardcover)
41 pages · Released May 8, 2018 · Candlewick Press
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This is a gentle picture book about a square who struggles with self-doubt when asked to sculpt his friend Circle's portrait. The story celebrates friendship, perseverance, and accepting one's limitations while learning and growing. There is no content of concern, and the book offers thoughtful messages about effort, artistic struggle, and self-acceptance.
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When his friend Circle asks him to do her portrait after praising him as a sculptor and genius, Square struggles to carve her likeness from a stone block. When his friend Circle asks him to do her portrait after praising him as a sculptor and genius, Square struggles to carve her likeness from a stone block.
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- Juvenile Fiction
- Fantasy
- Young Adult
- Fiction
- Children
- picture book
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ISBN 9780763696078 · Candlewick Press