How Many? - Ron Van Der Meer
Spectacular, intricate, brain-teasing pop-up.
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- Author:Ron Van Der Meer
- # of pages: 12
- Publisher:Robin Corey Books
- Original Publication Date: 09/25/2007
- Genre: Non-Fiction - Math
- Hardcover: $24.99
- Publisher's Recommended Reading Level: 7
- Read Aloud: 7
- Read Alone: 9
Parents need to know
Families can talk about the challenges presented on each page of this book. Which ones did you find particulary mind-bending? Did they teach you something new, or did they get you thinking about things in a different way?
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What's the story?
Reviewed by Patricia Tauzer
Is it any good?
On their own, the paper sculptures are intriguing to look at, let alone think about. Each is a collection of shapes: full of color, sized differently, attached to each other in very original ways, and otherwise engineered to invite the reader into its complicated world. Then the reader is challenged to lift the book, "turn it around and view it from every angle." Questions are asked, many with no singular answer, and they force the participant to look again and definitely "think outside the box."
Besides designing such mental challenges as this, Ron van der Meer teaches children math and makes it fun. He has also published over 150 books and is known as a "pioneer of the modern pop-up." This spectacular book is the one he thinks is his best.
Find out more about the history of pop-up books and check your answers to the challenges with the book's Web site.
Other choices
Other Amazing Pop-up Books by van der Meer:
The Art Pack
The Kid's Art Pack
The Math Pack
Monster Island
More Pop-up Books to Challenge Your Brain:
600 Black Spots by David Carter
Frank Gehry in Pop-Up by Jenny Johnson
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