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This guide delves into many aspects of geometry and literature
connections listed here include books about shape and mirror images
as well as one non-fiction book that gives the reader a concrete
understanding of topology through hands-on activities. The famous
“Alice” works provide numerous wonderful connections,
as might be expected given their author’s mathematical
profession.
Anno’s Math Games III
Jim Jimmy James
Rubber Bands, Baseballs and Doughnuts: A Book about
Topology
Shadows and Reflections
Shadows Here, There, Everywhere
The Shapes Game
Shapes, Shapes, Shapes
Through the Looking Glass
Anno’s Math Games III
by Mitsumasa Anno
Philomel Books/Putnam & Grosset, New York. 1991
Grades: 4–10
Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the
mathematical concepts of abstract thinking, circuitry, geometry,
and topology. The book invites active participation.
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Jim Jimmy James
by Jack Kent
Greenwillow Books/William Morrow, New York. 1984
Out of print
Grades: K–2
Jim Jimmy James makes friends and plays with his shadow. A
very elementary look at the concept of reflection. As a follow-up,
children can partner with a friend and play shadow games with
each other. Note: Some of the illustrations are not accurate reflections.
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Rubber Bands, Baseballs and Doughnuts:
A Book about Topology
by Robert Froman;
illustrated by Harvey Weiss
Thomas Y. Crowell, New York. 1972
Out of print
Grades: 4–8
This introduction to the world of topology requires active
reader participation. The activities provide concrete examples
and insights into abstract concepts.
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Shadows and Reflections
by Tana Hoban
Greenwillow, New York. 1990
Grades: Preschool–5
Color photographs without text feature shadows and reflections
of various objects, animals, and people.
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Shadows Here, There, Everywhere
by Ron and Nancy Goor
Thomas Y. Crowell, New York. 1981
Grades: K–5
Presents information about shadows, including how they are
formed, why they can be of various lengths, and how they reveal
the shape and texture of things. The book is user-friendly and
the photographs are interesting and appealing.
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The Shapes Game
by Paul Rogers; illustrated by Stan Tucker
Henry Holt, New York. 1989
Grades: Preschool–2
Fun-to-say riddles and pictures that are kaleidoscopes of
brilliant colors take young children from simple squares and circles
through triangles, ovals, crescents, rectangles, diamonds, spirals,
and stars.
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Shapes, Shapes, Shapes
by Tana Hoban
Greenwillow Books, New York. 1986
Grades: Preschool–5
Color photographs of familiar objects, such as a chair, barrettes,
and manhole cover, present a study of rounded and angular shapes.
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Through the Looking Glass
by Lewis Carroll
Viking Penguin, New York. 1984
Grades: All Ages
In Chapter One, when Alice first begins her further adventures
in Wonderland, she enters through a mirror. She finds a world
completely opposite of the one she left behind. Students may enjoy
testing their perceptions by tracing simple geometric shapes while
looking in a mirror or trying simple visual tasks while they are
looking through the looking glass.
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