Description: When something is repeated or set out in a special order, it creates a pattern. Patterns can be made with shapes, colors, objects, and numbers. Making patterns and spotting them is fun. Let's look around to see what patterns we can find!
Brief description:
Jane Brocket is the author of The Gentle Art of Domesticity (2007) and The Gentle Art of Quiltmaking (2010) and of two books based on the wonderful things characters eat and do in classic children's books: Cherry Cake and Ginger Beer (2008) and Ripping Things to Do (2009)--a selection of the pieces in these two books has been collected into one volume for the US as Turkish Delight and Treasure Hunts (Perigee, 2010). She is currently writing a series of four Clever Concepts books for Millbrook Press. She has a knitting book to be published in 2011 and two more craft books in the pipeline.
Jane enjoys knitting, quilting, sewing, baking, growing flowers, and taking photographs of the things she makes as well as details of the world around her. She loves color, pattern, texture, shapes, and objects. And, above all, she love books and reading.
Review Quotes:
"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." --Booklist
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