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Toads and Tessellations: A Math Adventure
By MORRISETTE, Sharon
- ISBN
- 978-1-58089-354-1 978-1-58089-355-8 978-1-60734-461-2
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2012 | Preschool to Grade 4
Gr 3–5—Studying tessellations requires the energy of play and the focus of problem-solving, a wonderful subject for a story full of inspiration and blundering. Enzo is a magician's apprentice in late medieval Italy. His true passion is for the new ideas of mathematicians like Galileo and Kepler. As far as spell casting, he is no Strega Nona like his father. When the castle's housekeeper, renowned for her cruelty, requests 12 pairs of shoes to be made from one piece of fine leather for the 12 dancin...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
A magician in training, Enzo is keener on math than magic. When he flubs a spell meant to help a shoemaker cobble twelve pairs of s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
