TWINDERELLA
Author: Corey Rosen Schwartz
Illustrator: Deborah Marcero
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Number of pages: 30
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Books First published in: 2017 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes Is this story part of a mathematics story series? No Preview and/or purchase this book on the Amazon websites: UK, USA, AUS, IND, CAN Synopsis by the author/publisher
Cinderella and her lesser-known twin, Tinderella, split everything right down the middle. They each do half the housework, half the mending, and half the mean step-sister tending. When the Prince throws a ball, their fairy godmother sends them both, and they dance the night away with the prince. But he simply can't choose between Cin and Tin, and they are in need of some clever thinking and just a pinch of magic. The Prince agrees to share his kingdom half and half, and the fairy-godmother makes him a twin too, so they can all live happily ever after. Cin and the Prince rule the kingdom, while Tin and the Twin win all the kingdom's math competitions. It truly is a happily ever half-ter. |
“Late at night, the weary twins would split a slice of bread, share some scraps, and then collapse and squeeze in half a bed.”
Official review by MathsThroughStories.org:
Corey Rosen Schwartz’s ‘Twinderella’ (2017) takes a mathematical twist to the much-loved Cinderella story. Here, we are introduced to Cinderella’s twin, Tinderella. Both Cin and Tin (as they are known in the story) split their day-to-day chores in half, and equally share what they have. And, of course, there’s the prince, the one prince. Now, with both Cin and Tin in the picture, how will this story end? The story does a good job in demonstrating to very young children what splitting or sharing things equally might look like in everyday lives. Corey is very creative in injecting mathematical thinking in a well-known classic and a favourite to many children. A large-sized poster displaying the front cover image of the book can be found at the back of the book. The back of the poster has some activities involving 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 and 1/5 e.g. colouring half of an image, etc. All in all, ‘Twinderella’ is a useful story to introduce the concept of halving to children aged 5+ years old.
Recommended age range:
5 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Fraction
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.
Corey Rosen Schwartz’s ‘Twinderella’ (2017) takes a mathematical twist to the much-loved Cinderella story. Here, we are introduced to Cinderella’s twin, Tinderella. Both Cin and Tin (as they are known in the story) split their day-to-day chores in half, and equally share what they have. And, of course, there’s the prince, the one prince. Now, with both Cin and Tin in the picture, how will this story end? The story does a good job in demonstrating to very young children what splitting or sharing things equally might look like in everyday lives. Corey is very creative in injecting mathematical thinking in a well-known classic and a favourite to many children. A large-sized poster displaying the front cover image of the book can be found at the back of the book. The back of the poster has some activities involving 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 and 1/5 e.g. colouring half of an image, etc. All in all, ‘Twinderella’ is a useful story to introduce the concept of halving to children aged 5+ years old.
Recommended age range:
5 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Fraction
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.
