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Books in Math and Magic Adventures series

  • Math Adventures Grade 2: Enchanted Forest

    Linda Bertola, Agnese Baruzzi

    Paperback (Flash Kids, April 17, 2018)
    Every kid can go on a fun math adventure! In a village hidden in the woods, animals live, work, play, and sometimes even quarrel. Led by a wise owl, second graders can wander through this enchanted space. As they visit the town, they’ll decode recipes, count cookies, and practice their addition, subtraction, and logic and problem-solving skills. Through this combination of storytelling and entertaining activities, even reluctant learners can grasp basic mathematical principles and begin to love the world of numbers. Each book has colorful stickers to place on the pages.An addition to the bestselling Flash Kids line of books.
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  • Math Adventures Grade 3: Fairy Tale Land

    Linda Bertola, Agnese Baruzzi

    Paperback (Flash Kids, April 17, 2018)
    Every kid can go on a fun math adventure! Welcome to the kingdom of fairy tales, where kids get to meet a talking cricket, practice their math, and play games with some very well-known characters. They’ll lead Tom Thumb and Thumbelina to their homes by coloring the right numbered path; figure out how many tasks Snow White has to complete; help a blundering witch prepare her potions, and more! Through this combination of storytelling and entertaining activities, even reluctant learners can grasp basic mathematical principles and begin to love the world of numbers. Each book has colorful stickers to place on the pages.An addition to the bestselling Flash Kids line of books.
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  • Math Adventures Grade 4: Wizard School

    Linda Bertola, Agnese Baruzzi

    Paperback (Flash Kids, April 17, 2018)
    Every kid can go on a fun math adventure!Come along with the wizard's apprentice as he guides you through a very special castle. There you’ll discover powerful potions, secret passages, mazes, and more. But it seems the apprentice needs a little help remembering his magic formulas. Using a little addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and other math skills, fourth-graders can save the day! Through this combination of storytelling and entertaining activities, even reluctant learners can grasp basic mathematical principles and begin to love the world of numbers. Each book has colorful stickers to place on the pages.An addition to the bestselling Flash Kids line of books.
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  • Math and Magic in Wonderland

    Lilac Mohr

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, May 19, 2016)
    Galileo, Newton, Descartes, and Pascal too,All followed rabbit trails that led to something new.Lulu and Elizabeth are two girls who love to play with numbers, words, and (on occasion) toy swords. Join them on a grand adventure, where classic math and logic riddles lead the way through a world inspired by Lewis Carroll's poetry. Filled with engaging puzzles, tidbits about famous mathematicians, and a dash of humor, this interactive book is sure to inspire adults and children, alike, to follow their own rabbit trails into the magical world of mathematics.
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  • Math Adventures Grade 5: Spy School

    Linda Bertola, Agnese Baruzzi

    Paperback (Flash Kids, April 17, 2018)
    Every kid can go on a fun math adventure!Oh, no: the evil Mister X has smashed an ancient tablet containing all the numbers of the world—and if Tommy and Tina can’t mend it by midnight, every number will disappear forever! Are Tommy and Tina up to the mission? Fifth-graders can help them succeed by doing calculations to avoid traps, figuring out which footprints to follow, and solving puzzles to enter an enchanted tower. Through this combination of storytelling and entertaining activities, even reluctant learners can grasp basic mathematical principles and begin to love the world of numbers. Each book has colorful stickers to place on the pages.An addition to the bestselling Flash Kids line of books.
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  • Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry

    Cindy Neuschwander, Bryan Langdo

    Paperback (Square Fish, July 21, 2009)
    Matt, Bibi, and their dog Riley crawled through the tiny opening first. FWUMP! A secret door suddenly closed behind them . . .The Zills family is summoned to Egypt to help find the hidden burial chamber of an ancient pharaoh. But when Matt and Bibi get trapped in the pharaoh's pyramid, they stumble upon an even bigger mystery. With only each other, their dog Riley, and the geometric hieroglyphics on the walls to help them, the twins must use their math skills to locate the burial chamber―and the way out. Luckily, Matt and Bibi know their stuff when it comes to geometric solids, and so will the readers of this adventure in math!
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  • Pastry School in Paris: An Adventure in Capacity

    Cindy Neuschwander, Bryan Langdo

    Hardcover (Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), May 26, 2009)
    The Zills family is off to Paris to see the sights and take a class at the International Pastry Academy! In class, Matt and Bibi have to measure liquids to make lollipops. It's hard work, but knowing about different liquid measurements comes in handy when the Inspector General pays a visit while everyone else is out. The twins want to help. Will their knack for baking the best-ever brownies and their knowledge of capacity be enough to save the day?
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  • Morgan and the Forty Thieves: A Magic Math Adventure

    Addie Abacus, Elisabeth Alba

    Paperback (Phantom Hill Press, Oct. 30, 2018)
    Nine-year-old Morgan is the daughter of an explorer and an adventurer at heart. When her father is lost on an expedition, Morgan and her mother are forced to sell their home and move in with a mysterious family they’ve never met. Morgan soon discovers that the family is hiding a great secret-- and that a world of magic and enchantments might actually be real. Set in Massachusetts at the turn of the last century, Morgan and the Forty Thieves is a captivating adventure story that has problem-solving and mathematical concepts woven into the narrative. Math is presented as a language of the universe that helps us understand the beautiful patterns and symmetries found in nature. In Book One of the series, children learn a step-by-step process of beginning multiplication. It begins with skip counting or counting by numbers. It then moves to adding equal-sized groups, and then multiplication, with several examples of each worked into the story. There are also addition problems, logic puzzles, a pattern puzzle, a smattering of geometry and a simple demonstration of comparing numbers—depicting ratios without using that term. Finally, there is an introduction of two mathematical concepts found in nature, the Fibonacci sequence and Fractals. Math found in the natural world will be a repeated theme of the Morgan series. The Morgan tales are designed as early Middle-Grade books. The sentence structure is simple and straightforward so that the book is accessible to younger readers, while the storyline is complex and intriguing enough to engage older readers. The Magic Math Adventure series is loosely based upon the collection of tales, The Thousand and One Nights or The Arabian Nights. These stories were created during the Golden Age of Islam in Persia and the Indian subcontinent.
  • Math and Magic in Camelot

    Lilac Mohr

    Paperback (CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, June 14, 2017)
    A fish's dreams, a fairy's trail,A giant's screams, the Black Horse Vale.When Lulu and Elizabeth find themselves in Camelot, they are expecting to meet King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. Instead, the twins enter the world of the Lily Maidens, an organization of women who travel through legends and time in pursuit of knowledge. But dark forces are uniting against the Kingdom; Merlin, the Black Pig, and a vast army of men and mythological beasts are marching for Camelot’s gate. Only the magic of science, mathematics, and poetry can preserve honor’s code and defend the Kingdom against the impending onslaught of evil. Do Lulu and Elizabeth possess the fortitude and problem-solving skills to succeed in their quest?
  • Morgan and the Monster of the Deep: A Magic Math Adventure

    Addie Abacus, Elisabeth Alba

    Paperback (Phantom Hill Press, Nov. 14, 2019)
    Nine-year-old Morgan is helping guard a magical secret— an ancient medallion of great power. During a voyage on the high seas with her friend Rusty, the two encounter a monstrous sea creature and menacing sailors. Will they be able to save each other from the dangers facing them? And who is the traitor in their midst? Set in the early summer of 1899 off the coast of Nantucket, Morgan and the Monster of the Deep continues with the winning format of weaving mathematical theory and practice into a captivating adventure story. Book Two of the series explores the relationship between multiplication and division and presents the mathematical concept of Symmetry.The Morgan tales are designed as early Middle-Grade books. The sentence structure is simple and straightforward so that the book is accessible to younger readers, while the storyline is complex and intriguing enough to engage older readers. The Magic Math Adventure series is loosely based upon the collection of tales, The Thousand and One Nights or The Arabian Nights. These stories were created during the Golden Age of Islam in Persia and the Indian subcontinent.
  • Equal Shmequal

    Virginia Kroll

    Hardcover (Charlesbridge, July 1, 2005)
    What does it mean to be equal? Mouse and her friends want to play tug-of-war but they can't figure out how to make teams that are equal. Nothing works until Mouse starts thinking mathematically. Wonderful illustrations capture Mouse and her animal friends from whiskers to tails.
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  • Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter

    Cindy Neuschwander, Wayne Geehan

    Hardcover (Charlesbridge, June 1, 2006)
    When young Per visits her uncle Sir Cumference and his family, she learns how to play the game, "Inners and Edges." After she finds a clue linking the game to the mysterious castle on the island of Immeter, she must figure out how to find the perimeter and area of a circle to unlock the island's secret.Math skills taught include finding the area and perimeter of a rectangle and a circle. Introduces an underlying concept of calculus -- using straight lines to measure curves.
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