Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles .
Many children begin reading with an alphabet book.
Such books may not be great literature, but they provide an effective introduction to letters, words, and language. But the basic idea of an alphabetical journey remains. Such a format imposes severe restrictions upon a book meant to be read from cover to cover. Mathematical topics, after all, do not align themselves in a logical progression so as to mirror the Latin alphabet. Consequently, the transition between chapters is sometimes abrupt.