Anno's Magic Seeds (Picture Books)

Found an out of print book!

More relatable as a fable than the Ant & the Grasshopper. More memorable than a math textbook. Most adults I know could learn a few lessons from the story, too!

Great book for teaching kids about planning ahead and making short term sacrifices for long term gain. Good read until the ruin it at the end by praying...seemed like the book was about self reliance but ended with superstitious non-sense

What a great educational book about patterns! I teach middle school and will be using this to promote literacy in the Math classroom. I read the book to the kids, and the students will analyze in order to find the pattern as well as write the pattern in algebraic expressions!

Anno's number books--beginning with "Anno's Counting Book"--belong in the library of every child---and school. My own children loved the counting book, and now I'm giving the others to my grandchildren as well. Math is good!

Great storyline -- unexpected, but pleasant ending. :)

We loved this book. We got it from the library when my grandson was 5 and a lover of all things mathematical, as well as all things Anno. At first the story appears to be a tale about geometric progression, how quantities multiply: You get magic beans, 2 x 2 = 4, eat one, plant 3. Next year 3 x 2 = 6, eat one, plant 5. Next year 5 x 2 = 10, and so forth. But then the man gets married, so now there are two people to eat seeds. Still the progression continues. But man does not live on mathematics alone. There are human elements to the book that lift it out of the realm of textbook and almost to myth.This book is not for everyone. Not all children enjoy mathematical concepts, and of those who do, not all of them will get this. But Anno's combination of higher math made simple, plus the love that infuses the simple story make this book a timeless treasure for those who get it.

It can be challenging to find literature that works in a math class, but this one does. Aside from the math I use it to teach students about desire (Jack deciding he wanted more than the two seeds) and the sacrifices we often will need to make if we really want something different for ourselves.

Bought as an introduction to multiplication and problem solving combined.It certainly made my class think.it is a nice starter and something you can go back to or use to extend thinking.

à 8 ans ils font le compte des graines et suivent la progression de l'histoire! et son fascinés par la réalité de cette histoire. Les math mis en pratique ! ce n'est pas si souvent que la théorie devient pratique.

c'est subtil et joliment illustré ; le monde d'aujourd'hui devrait en tirer quelques leçons:a recommander aux enfants et surtout aux parents. malheureusement seulement en anglais.