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Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems
40 pp.
| Harcourt |
April, 2012 |
TradeISBN 978-0-547-51338-6$16.99
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Michael Slack.
Inspired by the works of different poets, from Poe to Silverstein, each of fourteen poems suggests a brain-teasing math question with the answer (and the arithmetic required to solve it) provided, upside down on the right-hand page. The level of difficulty fluctuates wildly. Biographical information about the poets is appended. Slack's over-the-top digitally created cartoon art adds an air of outright hilarity.