Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems
by J Patrick Lewis (Author) Michael Slack (Illustrator)
Is this poetry? Math? A brainteaser? Yes! It's all that and more. The poet J. Patrick Lewis has reimagined classic poems--such as Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" and Langston Hughes's "April Rain Song"--and added a dash of math. Between the silly parodies and the wonderfully wacky art, kids will have so much fun figuring out the puzzles, they won't guess they're learning! Answers appear unobtrusively on each page, and engaging information about the original poets is included. Math games and concepts, poetry and poet biographies--it's all so cleverly put together. This funny book is a treat for fans of words and numbers alike.
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"Lewis cleverly combines math and language arts with this collection of humorous poetry parodies that present readers with math word problems to solve."—Kirkus"Teachers and parents might challenge youngsters to try solving the math problems, then introduce them to the classic poems by reading them together."—School Library Journal"Slack's bug-eyed caricatures are an exuberant complement to Lewis's delightfully offbeat union of poetry and math."—Publishers Weekly, starred review"This book could come in handy for a variety of different classroom purposes."—Booklist
J Patrick Lewis
U.S. children's poet laureate for 2011-2013, J. PATRICK LEWIS is the author of more than fifty books of poetry for children, which find their shape in both free and formal verse and engage a wide range of subjects from history to mathematics, Russian folklore to the animal kingdom. His books for children include New York Times Best Illustrated Book The Last Resort (2002, illustrated by Roberto Innocenti and translated into more than a dozen languages) and The Shoe Tree of Chagrin (2001, illustrated by Chris Sheban), which won the Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators' Golden Kite Award. His children's poetry has been widely anthologized, and his contributions to children's literature have been recognized with the 2011 Poetry Award from the National Council of Teachers of English and the Ohioana Awards' 2004 Alice Louise Wood Memorial Prize. He recently authored the National Geographic Book of Animal Poetry.
Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780544456129
Lexile Measure
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Guided Reading Level
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Publisher
Clarion Books
Publication date
March 20, 2015
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF028000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Humor | General
JNF042010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | Humorous
JNF035000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics | General
JNF042010 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Poetry | Humorous
JNF035000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics | General
Library of Congress categories
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