Labarre opens with a generic sculpture gallery of, as she puts it, “The Classics”-doctor, dancer, farmer, athlete, chef, and the like-but quickly moves on, arranging busy cartoon figures by the dozen in kaleidoscopic arrays, with pithy captions describing each occupation. This free-wheeling survey, framed as a visit to “The Great Hall of Jobs,” is designed to shake readers loose from simplistic notions of the world of work. 7-10)įrom funeral clown to cheese sculptor, a tally of atypical trades. Great fun for math enthusiasts and creative thinkers, this might also teach adults some new tricks. Once the reader has seen the answers, the strategy is obvious and can be applied to other situations. Some riddles are very challenging, but the author provides all the solutions in the back. The extra-large, brightly colored images leap off the page but never distract from the author’s intent. Each rhyme is given a double-page spread. Count by threes for half the pie, and double it.
For example: “Mama mia, pizza pie, / How many mushrooms do you spy? / Please don’t count them, it’s too slow, / This hot pie was made to go! / Let me give you some advice, / Just do half and count it twice.” A quick look at the pizza, and the reader can see each slice has the same number of mushrooms.
Here the rhyme gives a clue to the new ways of grouping numbers. It’s a return to number sets, with none of those boring parentheses and signs. This genuinely clever math book uses rhyming couplets and riddles, as well as visual cues to help the reader find new ways to group numbers for quick counting.
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