#kidlit Book of the Day: Edgar Allan Poes Pie

Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems

I was sent a copy of Edgar Allan Poe’s Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems by J. Patrick Lewis

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Edgar Allan Poe’s Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems

by J. Patrick Lewis

Release Date: 2012-04-03

Is this poetry? Math? A brainteaser? Yes! It’s all that and more. The poet J. Patrick Lewishas reimagined classic poems—such as Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” and LangstonHughes’s “April Rain Song”—and added a dash of math. Between the silly parodiesand the wonderfully wacky art, kids will have so much fun figuring out the puzzles,they won’t guess they’re learning! Answers appear unobtrusively on each page, andengaging information about the original poets is included. Math games and concepts,poetry and poet biographies—it’s all so cleverly put together. This funny book is atreat for fans of words and numbers alike.

 

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