This coming school year we will be studying medieval history, and I will be recommending this picture book biography to my sons. Joseph Fibonacci lived in medieval Italy and was obessessed with numbers. He advocated the using the Hindu-Arabic numerals (which we use today) instead of Roman numerals. People resisted. Told in first person, the reader intimately experiences Fibonacci's thoughts. Throughout the book, the illustrations incorporate spirals (the Fibonacci sequence). Additional information and hands-on activities at the back enrich this story even more.
Worldview to discuss: "I think people are happiest when they know what pleases them." (-Alfredo, Joseph Fibonacci's father's adviser).
*Highly recommend.
-Borrowed from the library.
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