Everyone loves LEGO® - small kids, big kids and even grown-ups!
Something that I think makes them particularly fun and exciting to design and build with are the limitless possibilities. Besides making cool geometric shapes like squares or circles, by combining a couple of extra pieces, and with a little imagination and creativity, I've seen a few yellow and orange shapes become a duck and two squares and a triangle become a home.
Inspired by my colleagues, today I wanted to share the following books that extend beyond LEGO bricks themselves into lives spent exploring shape-making and building.
The Five Sides of Marjorie Rice: This terrific biography shares the story of Marjorie Rice, a mathematician who was fascinated by shapes throughout her life, ultimately driving her to discover a tessellating shape named the tenth tiling pentagon.
Mr. Pei's Perfect Shapes: This wonderful story about a young boy interested in shapes and city buildings who grows up to be I. M. Pei, a leading world architect.
Watch This! This creative book full of collages encourages kids to make shapes with their bodies on days they need a break from (or don't have any) Lego bricks!
Also, find movies and a huge collection of books about LEGO characters here (including Ninjago, Batman, Star Wars and more); ideas for building cities, robots and more.)
Beyond our collections, find more online LEGO resources:
Lastly, don't forget that Chicago Public Library has many locations across the city with popular LEGO programs.
You'll discover displays of kid's Lego creations too, as featured in the photo in this blog.
Happy engineering!!
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