Random House Books for Young Readers The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat

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I have currently a 4th Grader and a 2nd grader, and my 2nd grader is very bright (I'll try not to brag, but I'm partial) and during lockdown is getting less work to do for school than his big brother.When my older son is working on something and his little brother wants to play, I sit my 2nd grader down and have him read a chapter of _Penrose_. While I should qualify that my younger son reads a little higher than his grade level, the stories are engaging in the way they're written, use pretty simple vocabulary, and are structured very much from a "cat-like" perspective that speaks to the animal lover in my son, so they spark the imagination in a clever way. We just read about the Fibonacci Rabbit, and both my boys (younger one told his big brother about the chapter) were soon wandering around the house trying to do the mental arithmetic to get the next number in the sequence.I actually bought this copy of _Penrose_ to donate to my kids' school, because I think lots of kids would enjoy these stories, I wish he'd been around when I was a kid, might have eased my math anxiety!

We have owned this book for almost four years now...which is why I was prompted to write a review. It is one of the books that my child keeps coming back to on a regular basis. The first time he read it, he was 6. It inspired a keen interest in math. Also he was able to see that mathematics goes well beyond the "not so interesting" lessons that were taught in his grade 1 class then. He is now in grade 4, has a lot more experience with math and still refers to this book for entertainment and learning.

I love this book. I got it as a present for someone, and I'm almost tempted to keep it for myself. It's got loads of 'Alice in Wonderland' type puzzles in it, seen through the eyes of a cat.

A perfect birthday gift for a perfect friend! Thank you Amazon!