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Edgar Allan Poe's Pie: Math Puzzlers in Classic Poems
by J. Patrick Lewis

Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis borrows themes from famous poems and flips them on their head to create wacky verses and riddles in a collection of math-based problem-solving parodies, while Michael Slack's illustrations keep the mix of poetry and math light and fun. J811.54 LEW

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