ISBN: 9780759556867
Editorial: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Autor: Cheng, Eugenia
Año de edición: 2022
N° Paginas: 40
Tipo de pasta: Pasta dura
Descripción: Aspiring bakers will embrace this charming picture book about baking pie by using simple math, from one of the world’s most creative and celebrated mathematicians.X + Y are dreaming of baking infinite pie. But they don’t know if infinite pie is real. With the help of quirky and uber-smart Aunt Z, and a whole lot of flour and butter, X and Y will learn that by using math they can bake their way to success!This charming and tasty story from mathematician and author of How to Bake Pi, Eugenia Cheng, reassures young readers that math doesn’t have to be scary—especially when paired with pie!Additional back matter includes: a letter from Eugenia encouraging readers not to be intimidated by math, explanations of the math concepts explored in the book, and a recipe for Banana Butterscotch Pie!From School Library JournalK-Gr 3-Cheng uses the act of pie baking to demonstrate mathematical concepts, specifically the idea that shaping and reshaping dough and fillings can produce an infinite number of results. Two children named X and Y join brainy Aunt Z in the kitchen, where they learn that combining butter, flour, and water is not only useful for making pastry, but also for observing a never-ending array of geometric forms, an expanding number of points and exponential layers. Cheery, playful illustrations and a tale based on yummy desserts will have some appeal to young readers, though the continual cutting of shapes gets repetitive. The story itself is rather bland. In addition, there's a disconnect between the main text, which is geared toward a young audience, and the substantial back matter, which includes an impressive introduction to sophisticated concepts such as Zeno's paradox, fractals, and convergent sequences. VERDICT Purchase where there is a need for more math resources that will address the needs of both primary and middle grade students.-Gloria Kosterα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.Review*"This seemingly simple picture book is just the thing to whet appetites and spice up STEAM collections."―Booklist, starred"A charming—and appetizing—bit of didacticism."―Kirkus Reviews"Purchase where there is a need for more math resources that will address the needs of both primary and middle grade students."―School Library JournalAbout the AuthorEugenia Cheng is a mathematician and Scientist in Residence at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, as well as an honorary visiting fellow at City, University of London. She is the author of How to Bake Pi, Beyond Infinity, The Art of Logic in an Illogical World, and x + y: A Mathematician’s Manifesto for Rethinking Gender. She lives in Chicago. She invites you to visit her at eugeniacheng.com or follow her on Twitter @DrEugeniaCheng.Amber Ren is the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Because by Mo Willems. She currently works as a visual development artist for Dreamworks TV, and her work has been featured in the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art's first online exhibition, Art in Place: Social Distancing in the Studio. She lives in Southern California. She invites you to visit her at amber-ren.com.
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