The Fly on the Ceiling

A Math Reader

Illustrated by Richard Walz
$5.99 US
RH Childrens Books | Random House Books for Young Readers
96 per carton
On sale May 19, 1998 | 978-0-679-88607-5
Age 7-9 years
Reading Level: Lexile 560L | Fountas & Pinnell P
Sales rights: World
Recognized as the father of analytic geometry, René Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher. Kids will love this funny and very accessible tale - based on one of math's greatest myths - about the man who popularized the Cartesion system of coordinates.  

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Recognized as the father of analytic geometry, René Descartes was a French mathematician and philosopher. Kids will love this funny and very accessible tale - based on one of math's greatest myths - about the man who popularized the Cartesion system of coordinates.