Blockhead: The Life of Fibonacci

A retired person should not rate a book written for seven- and eight-year-olds. But here goes: I really enjoyed the book. The story of Fibonacci starts in his childhood and explains that his peers and the adults in his life didn't understand him because he was always counting things and looking for patterns in nature around Pisa. The illustrations aptly show his life and times and illuminate concepts in the book, even the rabbits. This book is an entertaining vehicle to introduce a young person in your life to mathematics.

We love this book: simple to read and complex ideas that changed the world.........a book for ALL to read!

I bought "Blockhead" for my grandson who was eight years old at the time. I bought another copy for my granddaughter who is seven. Both of them love math. This is a beautifully illustrated book about "medieval Europe's greatest mathematician." I have my own copy of the book, and I look at it and read it often. I can't get over how gorgeous the illustrations are and how much there is to see in the pictures.Good companion books are "Swirl by Swirl: Spirals in Nature" by Joyce Sidman and "The Rabbit Problem" by Emily Gravett.I highly recommend the "Bedtime Math" books for children. My grandchildren also love those. Children answer the questions by thinking about them instead of using paper and pencil.

Loved reading this book with my 6 year old. But since we give God the credit for this amazing feature of creation and not Mother Nature, I did mark out a few words.

I bought this to introduce math/science history to my grandson. The Fibonacci sequence is an amazing discovery for science and a great math concept for young minds.This is well presented and a very nice hard cover book.

This is a fun book to introduce Fibonacci (Leonardo Pisano). It is a must have for Artists, Biologists, Mathematicians, Architects, Physicists, Astronomers, heck you can connect Fibonacci numbers to almost everything.The book is written in first person voice so it helps the reader relate to this remarkable renaissance hero. The illustrations are superb. There are hidden sequences, spirals, and symbols to find throughout the book. Best of all, this book encourages readers to see our world in a totally new perspective. Thanks Mr. D'Agnese and Mr. O'Brien!

My daughter is a Fibonacci NUT! She could not have been more excited when I gave her this book as a present! I love it as it actually has a problem in the story that she was able to 'solve' with her little brother before turning the page and seeing how he explained it. Great illustrations!

Excellent presentation of Fibonacci and his wonderful mind for math.I think that it will help younger children to feel "close" to numbers, to arithmetic,and help them to see that there is a lot of room for creativity and wonderin the world of Mathematics. Children who are synesthetics or who havea fear of math, of being wrong in calculations, might really love this book.Now I am old, a grandmother, and had anxiety about math as a child.I saw numbers (and letters, words, music) in colors.... I was fearful ofnumbers.... If I had this book, I might have felt differently!