Her entry begins:
As someone who writes in multiple genres, I read in multiple genres. Not surprisingly, the books I’ve recently read all seem related to elements of my new picture book, including different ways of seeing and being, the solace of art, and the Fibonacci sequence, a popular math pattern often found in nature.About Leo + Lea by Monica Wesolowska, Kenard Pak (Illustrator), from the publisher:
Chouette by Claire Oshetsky is my most exciting recent find, a novel that took me on a wild ride. It begins: “I dream I’m making tender love with an owl. The next morning I see talon marks across my chest…” Soon, the narrator gives birth to an owl-baby. How is this possible and what does it mean? The book does not give easy explanations. It’s a gorgeous metaphor for parenting a child who defies expectations, and Oshetsky extends the metaphor as far as it will go. I love that the mother in this novel allows...[read on]
A beautiful celebration of friendship, math, and art that honors different ways of seeing and being in the world.Visit Monica Wesolowska's website.
One
boy
loves numbers.
Everywhere he looks
he sees things to count.
His classmates don’t understand counting as he does.
A new girl loves patterns.
Could she be
a friend
for
Leo?
This beautiful friendship story, inspired by the Fibonacci sequence and cleverly constructed using its mathematical pattern,celebrates our differences, as well as how math connects us to one another.
Young readers will love counting the number of words per page and discovering how they echo the Fibonacci Sequence, a mathematical series in which each number is the sum of the previous two: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, and so on to infinity! Text and art are masterfully conceived and constructed to reflect Leo’s love of numbers. Even the color scheme in the striking illustrations follows a mathematical progression, bringing an underlying order and tranquility to the story. The mesmerizing symmetry of this fascinating and compulsively playable game of addition can also be found in the natural world and is an intriguing metaphor for the interconnectedness of all things.
The Page 99 Test: Holding Silvan.
Writers Read: Monica Wesolowska.
--Marshal Zeringue
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