Milo in the Magic Math Forest

What would you do if a door in the forest had another door behind it? And another behind that one?

Milo did not expect it. A walk among the trees, and suddenly there it was: a door, standing all alone. A creak, a peek, and behind it waited another door. Then another. Then another!

"Where does this path end?" Milo asked.

Pip the talking squirrel only grinned and twitched his tail. "Let's find out."

So begins the strangest, loveliest adventure the Magic Math Forest has ever seen.

Deeper into the woods, two baskets are found, and neither one ever runs out of acorns. But one is a little different from the other. Why? Pip is not saying yet! A stone is discovered with a riddle carved on it, and Milo is left wondering who could ever solve it. Stars fall like seeds, in a pattern that almost makes sense. A treasure chest sits there with thousands of keys, and only one of them will open it. A river swirls and gurgles, and not even the cleverest grown-ups can say where its next whirlpool will appear.

Then comes the butterfly. One flap of its wings, a faraway breeze, and off goes Milo's hat!

A hill that bends the road, a snowflake with snowflakes hiding inside it, a coin that does not always land the way it should... in this forest, every corner holds a question. And Milo, curious as ever, cannot help but ask them all.

Why little explorers (and their grown-ups) will love this book:

• Thirteen short stories, each made for reading aloud in one cozy sitting

• Big ideas made small. Doors, snacks, coins, rivers, and snowflakes are used to show what seems too big to explain

• Pictures painted by words. Creaking doors, gurgling rivers, and twinkling snowflakes are heard and felt, so imaginations do the drawing

• Words that stick. "One more." "What comes next?" "Let's find out!" will be repeated by your child long after the book is closed

• Fun after every story. A "Try It at Home" activity, an "Ask a Grown-Up" question, and a "Big Idea in One Sentence" are waiting at the end of each chapter, using things already found around your house

• A short note for grown-ups is included too, for those who want to know the real math behind the magic

No worksheets. No pressure. No wrong answers. Only a curious child, a very clever squirrel, and a forest where questions are loved more than answers.

Math may never look the same again, once Milo's forest has been explored.

Open the first door. Another one is waiting.