The Fly on the Ceiling

A Math Reader

Illustrated by Richard Walz
Paperback
$5.99 US
| $7.99 CAN
On sale May 19, 1998 | 48 Pages | 9780679886075
Age 7-9 years | Grades 2-4
Reading Level: Lexile 560L | Fountas & Pinnell P
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.  
Richard Walz is the illustrator of many humorous historical Step into Reading books. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts. View titles by Richard Walz

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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.  

Author

Richard Walz is the illustrator of many humorous historical Step into Reading books. He lives in Northampton, Massachusetts. View titles by Richard Walz