A CLOAK FOR THE DREAMER
Author: Aileen Friedman
Illustrator: Kim Howard
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Number of pages: 36
Publisher: Scholastic (USA) First published in: 1994 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Books) Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
A tailor's three sons make cloaks for the Archduke. One uses only rectangles; the second, squares and triangles; but the third son makes his of circles the shape of the globe. While beautiful, it's filled with open spaces, until his brothers show him how to change circles to hexagons, producing the best cloak of all. |
“All night long the tailor and his two oldest sons worked on Misha's cloak. Ivan snapped the circles apart, and his father trimmed them into hexagons. As his father cut, Alex quickly sewed the hexagons together to make one cloth of the dreamer's colors.”
Recommended age range:
7+ years old
Relevant topics:
2D shapes; Patterns
Possible teaching activities:
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7+ years old
Relevant topics:
2D shapes; Patterns
Possible teaching activities:
At MathsThroughStories.org, we believe that stories can be meaningfully incorporated in mathematics teaching in different ways. Thus, we are inviting you to share your experience of how you have used this story in your mathematics lesson with other members of the community. By sharing your experience with us, you will be added to our team of On-line Contributors here, where you can also find our submission guideline.
