SQUARE BEAR: A FAIRYTALE OF POLYGONS
Author: M. W. Penn
Illustrator: Daphne Firos
Number of pages: 36
Publisher: Mathword Press (USA) First published in: 2011 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (M. W. Penn's Math Books) Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
Join Square Bear, Triangle Prince, Rectangle Horse and the beautiful Polygon Princess in a charming fairytale of shapes suddenly disrupted by the non-polygon Disk Dragon. Children are engrossed in the story while parents and educators appreciate an effective geometry lesson. |
“Square Bear was made of very special rectangles. Every rectangle has 4 straight sides and 4 equal corners, but each rectangle in Square Bear also had 4 sides that were exactly the same length. A square is a special rectangle that has 4 equal sides.”
Recommended age range:
5 years old +
Relevant topics:
2D shapes
Possible teaching activities:
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5 years old +
Relevant topics:
2D shapes
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.