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Ene and the Magic Tree
Author: Laura P. Schaposnik
Illustrations: Cecilia La Rosa
A beautifully illustrated tale about a little mouse called Ene in the quest
to find a new friend.
Whilst exploring a magic tree in a mathematical adventure, Ene finds the soon to be hatching eggs and a new friendship is born.
The perfect way to engage a young audience into learning mathematical words and ideas, the reader will go through the pages which form an overall magic tree.
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Storyboard
Sketches for Dino and testing colors.
"A mathematical treasure hunt and visual vocabulary"
"If you’re looking for fun and engaging ways to introduce the youngsters in your life to mathematics in a Spanish and English setting, Ene can help! Ene is a mouse who lives by a magical tree. There are several books that follow Ene on grand adventures while teaching about history and artisans, all of which are told in both English and Spanish. This story follows Ene’s day-long adventure visiting his friends the ants and the birds and eventually gaining a new best friend, Dino, who is hatched under a full moon. Ene’s day is already exciting but to add to the fun, there are hidden math symbols on each page. Anyone who has read a book to a child has experienced the joy of stopping to investigate the illustrations that accompany the story.
The added task of picking out the math hidden on the page can help to get children excited about and more comfortable with math from a young age. At the end of the book there is a key that details and defines the math symbols, such as a Venn Diagram, the unknot, and a Klein bottle. The author is a mathematician who invites us to join in Ene’s adventure and expose children to math along the way! Can the children in your life help Ene find all of the hidden math?"
-- Notices of the AMS
Interior view.
Color testing
The whole concept of the book was though as a continuous illustration, all conected to create the magic tree with the characters integrated, plus the cover.
