Imagine that your math teacher, Mrs. Fibonacci*, says, “You can think of almost everything as a math problem,” and the very
next day formulas seem to follow you wherever you go! This innovative book, written by the same creative team that brought the bestselling book
The Stinky Cheese Man, is designed to tweak your brain with problems both logical (“How many feet in a yard?”) to the illogical (“How many M&Ms would it take to measure the length of the Mississippi River?”). The only way to break the Math Curse is to think outside the box...before you turn into a “raving math lunatic.” The questions are thought-provoking, the illustrations eclectic. Students who suffer from math anxiety can relate to the narrator’s struggle in this numbers nightmare. This book is a valuable tool to show how important math can be in everyday life. It’s a mind-boggling ride all the way to the surprise ending.
*Fibonacci, by the way, was a great European mathematician of the middle ages.
About the Author
Jon Scieszka (rhymes with “Fresca”) and illustrator Lane Smith have collaborated on several books, including the sequel to this one entitled
Science Verse. See more of Scieszka’s work at
www.jsworldwide.com