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PRODUCT OVERVIEW
- ISBN 9781908714664
- Categories BX, BXOS, C PICT, Children's Books, H/C, New Arrivals OS, Picture Books, TOP
- Author(s) Sven Walker
- Publisher Cicada Books
- Pages 44
- Format Hardcover
- Dimensions 21cm x 1.3cm x 28cm
- Weight 0.52 kg
product description
Winner of the New York Times Top 10 Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2019.
A book to promote interest in numbers and wonder at the scale they can represent, with lots to interrogate and talk about. -- School Library Association
Potential goldmine of teaching ideas. -- School Reading List
Double the numbers to go from 1 to 1,000,000 in 40 pages. A stunning visualization of numbers big and small.
We start with a single tree; 1. As we turn the page, we are presented with a sum doubling the number on the page before it: 1+1 = 2; 2+2 = 4; 4+4 = 8. In this way, we reach a million (actually 1,048,576) within 44 pages.
Each sum is brought to life with a simple graphic illustration in the distinctive style of Sven Völker. The dots form the back of a ladybird, the bubbles in a cup of soda and the water in a swimming pool. On each page, a single neon dot illustrates what one means in the context of the sum.
Gloriously simple in its concept and execution, this is a book that will bring mathematics alive to parents as well as children and will also make a stunning gift book.
