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biancalea1956's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
fast-paced
5.0
the_herbal_carnivore's review against another edition
This story about Paul Erdos made my children laugh, and it showed how delightful math can be
bequavious's review against another edition
4.0
Cute and informative! I found this book in my efforts to expand the Hungarian section of my kid's library. It's still a bit over his (4 year old) head, but he liked that he knew how to do things that Paul didn't (cook, laundry, etc). Hopefully he'll like it more when he understands it better, but in the mean time, I found it quite charming, and I learned something new.
kelleemoye's review against another edition
4.0
Full review at: http://www.unleashingreaders.com/?p=1633
I have been on a great streak of picture book narrative biographies and this is another one. I love how the author so cleverly combined Erdos’s story and mathematics without ever overloading the story with numbers. This book is so much fun (and the colorful illustrations add even more playfulness to it) yet teaches so much within its story. What impresses me the most is just how much the book makes you think about math, want to learn more math, and want to play with numbers. Even in book form, Erdos is making math understandable.
I have been on a great streak of picture book narrative biographies and this is another one. I love how the author so cleverly combined Erdos’s story and mathematics without ever overloading the story with numbers. This book is so much fun (and the colorful illustrations add even more playfulness to it) yet teaches so much within its story. What impresses me the most is just how much the book makes you think about math, want to learn more math, and want to play with numbers. Even in book form, Erdos is making math understandable.
beths0103's review against another edition
4.0
For someone who is not mathematically inclined, I thoroughly enjoyed this biography of Paul Erdos, the eccentric Hungarian mathematician who relied on the kindness of others to make his way in the world.
librariandest's review against another edition
4.0
Delightful! By the way, Erdos is pronounced "AIR-dish".
annelawson's review against another edition
4.0
This is a good example of a modern "living" book, narrative nonfiction in picture-book form, written by an author passionate the subject. I read this to my kids even though they're older. Math is not their favorite subject to say the least. But this book did as I had hoped - made them laugh and sparked interest and gave them a living idea - that math is fascinating and some people spend their whole lives enjoying numbers and gleefully working on problems. We were all inspired to watch the "N is a Number" documentary about the life of Erdos. Today my younger son wanted to draw one of the geometry problems that Erdos worked on. This, in my opinion, is the open door where books should lead us.
yellowdjo's review against another edition
4.0
Talks about a little boy who loves math. Shows us his journey with math and how he feels about it. Has great illustrations.