The Pizza Shape Book
with Erica Harrison (Illustrator)
This title was previously available on NetGalley and is now archived.
Send NetGalley books directly to your Kindle or Kindle app
1
To read on a Kindle or Kindle app, please add kindle@netgalley.com as an approved email address to receive files in your Amazon account. Click here for step-by-step instructions.
2
Also find your Kindle email address within your Amazon account, and enter it here.
Pub Date Sep 8 2026 | Archive Date Aug 26 2026
Publisher Spotlight | Messy Press
Talking about this book? Use #ThePizzaShapeBook #NetGalley. More hashtag tips!
Description
The world is full of shapes. Big ones. Small ones. And pizza ones.
When cats and dogs aren’t asleep or chasing sticks, they’re thinking about the big questions. In this fun, first graphic novel style series about friendship and discovery, we meet Mog and Morris, two furry friends who love to ponder about the world around them. They think about all kinds of interesting stuff and how it works.
In The Pizza Shape Book, Mog and Morris are thinking all about shapes; like, what is a shape? How many shapes are there? Is ham a shape? They discover that everything has a shape, including pizza.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781067098520 |
| PRICE | $18.99 (USD) |
| PAGES | 32 |
Available on NetGalley
Available to Buy
Buy on BN.com Buy on Bookshop.orgAverage rating from 12 members
Featured Reviews
Educator 2141353
Many thanks to NetGalley and the publisher for providing an advance copy in exchange for an honest review.
The Pizza Shape Book is a fun and engaging way to introduce young readers to shapes. The fantastic artwork is full of bright, colorful illustrations that immediately capture children's attention and make learning exciting. Each page presents shapes in a creative, easy-to-understand way, making it both educational and entertaining. The playful pizza theme adds an extra layer of fun, encouraging kids to stay engaged while they learn. This is a wonderful choice for parents, caregivers, and educators looking for an interactive book that makes learning shapes enjoyable. Highly recommended for little learners!
*The Pizza Shape Book* is a bright, playful introduction to circles, squares, triangles, rectangles, and semicircles. The cat and dog characters are immediately appealing, and putting pizza right in the title is a clever way to make a basic early-learning concept feel more exciting.
The book begins by clearly explaining what each shape is and then connects those shapes to familiar objects, including picture frames, ears, lamps, houses, windows, wheels, clocks, and ice cream cones. I especially appreciated that it explains the difference between a square and a rectangle rather than treating them as interchangeable.
The pizza theme becomes more central as the story continues. The box is a square, the pizza is a circle, half of it is a semicircle, and each slice is a triangle. These real-world connections make the lesson easy to understand and remember. Small jokes, such as mistaking a rectangular piece of ham for a “ham shape,” add humor without distracting from the educational purpose.
The shape glossary at the end is also a nice addition and gives children an opportunity to review what they have learned. This is clearly designed for very young readers who are just beginning to recognize shapes, and it handles that goal in a colorful, accessible, and entertaining way. A little wink for the grown ups.
Kaitlyn V, Reviewer
This is a great book for young readers! The colors are enough to be entertaining to look at but not too busy that it’s distracting!! The shapes are easy to learn about in this and grouped together well!
Reviewer 1067841
Such a fun to get your child interested in shapes. As I read this with my son we discussed the many shapes found in the book as well as those found around our home. I had to laugh when he mentioned the pizza we usually ordered was cut in squares, and not triangles, and that is how he prefers it! I liked that this book only introduced a handful of shapes so that you can start with those and slowly add other shapes into their vocabulary once they master those. Such a fun book about pizza and shapes that would be great for homeschool curriculum.
Janelle C, Librarian
This is a great way to introduce kids to basic shapes and how shapes are all around us. I also loved how a pizza was used to demonstrate the shapes that were mentioned. I would definitely recommend this book to someone wanting to introduce their kids to more complex ideas about shapes.
Readers who liked this book also liked:
Harris Fishman
Comics, Graphic Novels, Manga, Entertainment & Pop Culture, Humor & Satire
We Are Bookish
General Fiction (Adult), New Adult, Romance
Sesame Sesame Street
Entertainment & Pop Culture, Nonfiction (Adult), Self-Help