![]() ![]() If there’s a child in your life who enjoys math puzzles, perhaps they would enjoy this momentary diversion into the silliness of logic. The book also makes the point that math is everywhere, and in that way, it serves the purpose of perhaps removing math fear at an early age.īottom line is that this is simple a fun children’s book, by an author who usually writes humor for older kids. ![]() For example, “If mail + box = mailbox, does lipstick-stick = lip?” The whole children’s book is done tongue-in-cheek, to play with concepts, and not necessarily to come up with right answers.** Why read it, then? Some of the math content relates to logic problems, and those are always fun to chew on. It has silly ways to describe math problems, but they are intriguing nonetheless. But it grabs the attention of any young person, as there is so much to see in each page. This illustrated children’s book is wildly laid out, almost yelling at the reader. Everything I look at or think about has become a math problem.” Fibonacci has obviously put a math curse on me. By Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, published 1995 ![]()
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