Edgar Allan Poe's pie : math puzzlers in classic poems / J. Patrick Lewis ; illustrated by Michael Slack.
| Author/creator | Lewis, J. Patrick |
| Other author | Slack, Michael, 1969- illustrator. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Boston : Harcourt Mifflin Harcourt, 2012. |
| Description | 37 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Edgar Allan Poe's apple pie -- Edward Lear's elephant with hot dog -- Walt Whitman's web-covered shoe -- Emily Dickinson's telephone book -- Lewis Carroll's fish and chips -- Hilaire Belloc's crackerjack yak -- Robert Frost's boxer shorts -- Eleanor Farjeon's math sub -- A. A. Milne's spooky garden -- William Carlos Williams's pizza -- Langston Hughes's train trip -- Ogden Nash's buggy rugs -- John Ciardi's shark dentist -- Shel Silverstein's hippo-po-tah-tum -- Prose about the poets. |
| Abstract | Borrows themes from famous poems and flips them on their head to create humorous verses and riddles in a collection of math-based problem-solving parodies. |
| General note | "Harcourt Children's Books." |
| LCCN | 2011025735 |
| ISBN | 9780547513386 (hbk.) |
| ISBN | 0547513380 (hbk.) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 811 L5871E | ✔ Available | Place Hold |
| Joyner | TRC Nonfiction | 811 L5871E | ✔ Available | Place Hold |