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Squares / Gerry Bailey & Felicia Law ; illustrated by Mike Phillips.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Bailey, Gerry, Stone age geometry ; Publisher: St Catharines, ON ; New York, NY : Crabtree Publishing Company, 2014Description: 32 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0778705110
  • 077870517X
  • 9780778705116
  • 9780778705178
Subject(s):
Contents:
Four equal sides -- At the corner -- Grids -- In the square -- Magic squares -- On the wall -- Rectangles -- Parallelograms -- Tessellation -- Mosaics -- The square dance -- Rhombus -- Fun and games -- Kite.
Summary: "Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about squares by applying his knowledge of geometry to their Stone Age world. Funny illustrations and stories provide a humorous introduction to math concepts, explaining how lines and angles of equal size form squares that frame, support, and enclose. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of squares in the natural and designed world."-- Provided by publisher.
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's NonFiction 516.154 B154 Available 33111007977537
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about squares by applying his knowledge of geometry to their Stone Age world. Funny illustrations and stories provide a humorous introduction to math concepts, explaining how lines and angles of equal size form squares that frame, support, and enclose. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of squares in the natural and designed world.

Includes bibliographical references (page 31) and index.

Four equal sides -- At the corner -- Grids -- In the square -- Magic squares -- On the wall -- Rectangles -- Parallelograms -- Tessellation -- Mosaics -- The square dance -- Rhombus -- Fun and games -- Kite.

"Leo teaches his cat Pallas all about squares by applying his knowledge of geometry to their Stone Age world. Funny illustrations and stories provide a humorous introduction to math concepts, explaining how lines and angles of equal size form squares that frame, support, and enclose. Information boxes accompany each story to explore real applications of squares in the natural and designed world."-- Provided by publisher.

Guided reading: N

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