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School Library Journal
Reviewed on December 1, 2010
Gr 1-5 If a pair of rabbits is put together under certain conditions ("NO Rabbits may leave the field"), how many will there be in one year? This puzzle, posed by Fibonacci in the 13th-century, is the premise for Gravett's latest work. The cover depicts a bemused rabbit calculating at a blackboard. The endpapers cast a wider view, with more of the problem shown visually and verbally. Readers follow a rabbit through an underground tunnel (title page) and emerge from a die-cut hole into a field-at the to...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on January 1, 2011
The always inventive Gravett takes a look at Fibonacci's mathematical rabbit problem, introduced (in simplified form) on the endpapers: "If a pair of baby rabbits are put into a field, how many pairs will there be: a) At the end of each month? b) After one year?" The book is designed as a calendar, to be turned sideways, and can actually be hung on a wall—there are holes in each page and even in the covers. January starts with one lonely rabbit, who puts out a call for a friend. Soon this bunny and partner are expecting an...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
In this book designed as a calendar, Gravett looks at Fibonacci's mathematical rabbit problem, introduced on the endpapers. January start...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
