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The Rabbit Problem - Emily Gravett

The Rabbit Problem

By: Emily Gravett

Hardcover | 2 November 2010

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How does 1 + 1 = 288? A family of rabbits soon supplies the answer in this extraordinary story. Hop along over to Fibonacci’s Field and follow Lonely and Chalk Rabbit throughout a year as they try to cope with their rapidly expanding brood while handling a different seasonal challenge each month, from the cold of February to the wet of April and the heat of July. This interactive picture book—formatted like a calendar, including holes for hanging—slyly introduces the mathematical concept of exponential multiplication and is packed with gorgeous details and novelty elements, including a baby rabbit record book, a carrot recipe book, and a surprise pop-up ending.

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* "In Gravett's gifted hands, an old math problem springs to life--and more life and more life! Medieval mathematician Fibonacci's "rabbit problem," in which bunnies breed at a specified rate, provides the structure of this glorious faux-wall calendar that watches a rabbit community from January to December...Readers needn't care about the math of Fibonacci Numbers to love the hilarious, jam-packed visual details, many of which are playfully metatextual...Endless fun to pore over for kids and math-minded or geeky adults.--Kirkus Reviews, starred review
* "Whimsical ideas proliferate as fast as rabbits in Gravett's splendid sendup of Fibonacci's query."--Publishers Weekly, starred review
"This hilarious (and accurate) tale can be enjoyed by the numerically challenged and gifted alike."--School Library Journal

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