See Inside Maths

See Inside

by Alex Frith, Minna Lacey, Colin King (Illustrator)

An amazing flap book that shows just how fascinating maths can be. Colourful double page topics introduce numbers, shapes and measuring, fractions, algebra, calculus and pi, and maths in everyday life. EXACTLY 86 flaps conceal interesting facts and fun visual explanations that make abstract concepts meaningful. With puzzles to solve and games to test calculation skills, and internet links to fun maths websites to find out more.

Genres: Mathematics, Childrens

16 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2008

About the author

Alex Frith has been a children's non-fiction author since 2005. Working exclusively for Usborne Publishing, he has written over 50 books covering almost any subject you can think of, from the origins of the Universe to the meaning behind world religions, from extinct animals to prototype AIs, and from Japanese legends to Norse mythology. Two of his books have been shortlisted for the Royal Society Young's People's Book Prize: See Inside Inventions (2012), and 100 Things to Know About Space (2017).

Alex grew up in a house surrounded by comics and graphic novels, and has a lifelong passion for the medium. Beyond the comics he photocopied and passed around the playground of his primary school, he wrote the 4-part series 'Digital Graffiti' with artist Gez Fry in 2003, and has had short story comics published in FutureQuake and the Asteroid Belter.

Reviews

[Nattapon Chotsisuparat · Rating 5 out of 5]

It imparts fundamental mathematical knowledge on topics like numbers, forms, and math in daily life. It's a flap book, so as you pull on a section of it, hidden pages will reveal themselves. In my opinion the book's contents appear to be accurate. Kids will adore this book because of the gorgeous pictures. They might even have a passion for maths! But even though it could be difficult, it would be worthwhile if he chooses to major in pure math in college.

[Rebecca Gale · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love these books for their interactive nature and the easy way you can drip in and out. Can be accessed by children on their own or read for an adult, where there are countless opportunities to extend the discussion.

[Bella Searle · Rating 4 out of 5]

The flaps were really interesting and some was easy and some was difficult.

[Year 5 · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was ok

[Deanna Sutter · Rating 4 out of 5]

My new favorite math resource! Every major math concept is taught simply. This book is busy, but it's so detailed that you can take a short section and work out problems on a wipe board with your kids.

Numbers, shapes, measuring, everyday math, probability and math puzzles are included.

I need to check out more in this series..