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Infinity And Me (2012)

by Kate Hosford(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0761367268 (ISBN13: 9780761367260)

languge

English

genre

Middle Grade & Children's

publisher

Lerner Publishing Group

review 1: I loved everything about this story except the focus on the new shoes and the worry. A great way to share the concept of infinity with younger kids. I especially liked the bit abut recess going on forever, and how that changes its meaning -- If it's not a break from work or school or anything, is it really recess? Would it be any fun? If you got to be a kid forever, would your best friend continue to find you interesting? I liked the idea of kids coming up with their own examples for infinity.
review 2: Okay, here's one of those books that really should be considered nonfiction. There is a very simple, unobtrusive narrative, but the book is much more about explaining the concept of infinity in several different ways. Yet, I would not put it in the 500's wi... moreth the math or space books, but perhaps in the 400's because of its multiple ways of defining a concept. I'm also not sure that a child under third grade would easily conceptualize the examples given, nor the thoughts in the author's note at the end. Even the illustrations had the look and somber feel of more sophistication than a preschooler would typically enjoy. As for the ending, I couldn't help but contrast little Uma's realization that her love for her grandmother was as great as infinity with the mother's refrain in Munsch's book Love You Forever. This proclamation of undying love is much easier to take. less

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