Pub Date: October 31, 2005
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2004031084
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Dust Cover, Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 08 to 11
Physical Info: 0.36" H x 11.22" L x 8.84" W ( 0.87 lbs) 32 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Technology | General | Historical | Asia | Action and Adventure
Series: Warlord's
Description: In ancient china, Chuan and Jing Jing invent a boat that sails on land. Using their math skills, ingenuity, and the wind, the children reach a warlord's camp and encourage him to use their sailing cart to travel to the emperor's banquet. Includes directions for making a windsock.
Brief description: Virginia Walton Pilegard wrote The Warlord's Puzzle as part of a teaching unit that uses informal geometry to strengthen students' visual learning abilities. Mrs. Pilegard studied elementary mathematics and completed both a B.A. and M.A. in Education. She then went on to teach elementary grades and in juvenile correction schools.