num_pages: 40
description: Twenty-nine playful poems from the maven of math poetry  ingenious high-concept art  countless hours of mind-blowing mathematical fun.Award-winning author Betsy Franco is back with another pitch-perfect performance that explores a range of math topicsfrom fractions and time measurements to geometry and graphsin a way that relates math to the daily lives of children. Even the most mathematically disinclined will warm to these innovative poems illustrated with game-changing wit and whimsy by Priscilla Tey whose clever mechanical Numbots guide readers through a surreal playground of calculated delights. From multiplying mice to missing socks from stinky scales to bug races this collection of imaginative verse subtracts the mystery fear and loathing from mathematics making it engrossing and fun for all.
language: English
title: Counting in Dog Years and Other Sassy Math Poems
publisher: Candlewick Press