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Toads and Tessellations (Charlesbridge Math Adventures)

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Enzo is the son of a great magician, on the other hand unlike his father, his spells create chaos as a substitute of order. What in point of fact interests Enzo, more than books about magic, are books by and about the lives of famous physicists and astronomers like Galileo Galilei and Johannes Kepler. Enzo dreams not of turning into a magician, but a mathematician as a substitute. When Tessel, the village shoemaker, is referred to as upon to make twelve identical shoes out of only one piece of leather, Aida, the shoemaker’s sister, goes to Enzo’s father for some magic to help her brother. With Enzo’s father out of town at a magic convention, it’s up to Enzo to help Aida and Tessel out of their dilemma. A spell snafu leads Enzo and Aida to a method of forming patterns without gaps or overlaps, and they discover that math, not magic, could also be the answer to their problem. Sharon Morisette’s accessible text introduces readers to the idea that of tessellations, whilst Philomena O’Neill’s illustrations offer a clear visual to what tiling is—children will enjoy finding the tessellations hidden all over the images. Back matter includes a glossary and notes about tessellations, Galileo, and Kepler.

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