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Summary: Sir Cumference And The Dragon Of Pi

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Neuschwander, Cindy (1999). Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi: a math adventure. Illustrated by Wayne Geehan. Warrentown, MA: Charlesbridge Publishing. Sir Cumference, Lady Di of Ameter and son Radius are on a math adventure. Sir Cumference drinks a potion and becomes a fiery dragon. Son Radius comes to the rescue as he begins his journey through the castle. Radius solve the riddles and discovers the magic number of circles. Only then the curse is broken and Sir Conference is no longer a dragon. Because the book focuses on geometrical facts and information and includes real-world problems, it is an informational book (p.272). In addition, it falls in the comedy and humor genre because “the reading has a visual format that requires reading

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