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  • The School of Numbers: Learn about Mathematics with 40 Simple Lessons

The School of Numbers: Learn about Mathematics with 40 Simple Lessons

Author
Emily Hawkins
Illustrator
Daniel Frost
Publication Date
March 20, 2019
Genre / Grade Band
Non-fiction /  4th − 5th
Language
English
Format
Graphic Novel
The School of Numbers: Learn about Mathematics with 40 Simple Lessons
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Description
Greetings Cadet! Congratulations on being accepted into the prestigious Astro Academy for math! Now strap on your space boots, secure you helmet and let's get ready for a mathematical journey like no other!Hop on board the spaceship School of Numbers and head off on an intergalactic mathematical journey that will introduce young readers to key concepts including arithmetic, shapes, fractions, percentages, and sequences. Six eccentric professors will teach budding space mathematic Cadets all there is to know about the world of numbers! Meet Captain Archimedes Brown who keeps everyone in order; Lois Carmen Denominator who's got a passion for fractions; Di Ameter who's a stickler for geometry; Al Jabra who loves algebra; Ava Ridge who's looney for statistics; and last but certainly not least, Adam Up who just can't get enough of arithmetic!Float into this gravity-free classroom, prepare yourself for antics aplenty and get ready to see math in action like never before.
Publication date
March 20, 2019
Genre
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9781786031846
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Series
School of
BISAC categories
JNF035000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics | General
JNF062030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Comics & Graphic Novels | Science & Nature
Library of Congress categories
Mathematics
Mathematical recreations
Emily Hawkins

Once a children's book editor, Emily Hawkins is now a full-time author. Her work has been featured on the New York Times bestseller list (Oceanology, 2009) as well as winning the Children's Travel Book of the Year Award (Atlas of Animal Adventures, 2016). Along with her background in children's non-fiction Emily has a strong interest in myth, folklore and storytelling. In 2020 she wrote A Natural History of Fairies, which has been translated into twelve languages, selling more than 100,000 copies worldwide. Emily holds a first-class English degree from Nottingham University, and lives in Winchester, UK.

Jessica Roux is a Nashville-based illustrator and plant and animal enthusiast. She loves exploring in her own backyard and being surrounded by an abundance of nature. Using subdued colors and rhythmic shapes, she renders flora, fauna, food, and many other things with intricate detail reminiscent of old world beauty. Her first book with Frances Lincoln was A Natural History of Fairies (September 2020).

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