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Grandfather Tang's Story (Dragonfly Books) | 
| Author: Ann Tompert
Creator: Robert Andrew Parker
Brand: Random House
Category: Book
List Price: $6.99
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Rating:  14 reviews
Sales Rank: 41711
Media: Paperback
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 10.3 x 4.1 x 0.1
MPN: 9780517885581
ISBN: 0517885581
EAN: 9780517885581
ASIN: 0517885581
Publication Date: August 12, 1997
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Product Description
Tangrams are ancient Chinese puzzles that are still used today by adults as well as children. Each piece of the puzzle is called a tan. When tangrams are used in storytelling, the storyteller arranges the tans to show the shape of a character in the tale. When Little Soo asks for a story, Grandfather Tang arranges the tans and two magic fox fairies spring to life. Author: Ann TompertFormat: PaperbackPublisher: Random HouseISBN: 0-517-88558-1
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 A great teaching springboard into a hands-on geometry unit! August 25, 1999
51 out of 54 found this review helpful
I use this book annually to introduce tangrams into my geometryunit. The information from the back of the book adds a multiculturaland historical dimension to the lesson while the relationship between grandfather and granddaughter offers an intergenerational link. Reading the book in an interactive mode, I use my own renditions of Grandfather Tang's animals mounted on poster boards and flipped over to be uncovered as the story progresses. The kids are completely engaged trying to guess what the next fairy transformation will be before it's revealed. By the end of the book, they are excited to create their own tangram pictures to form into a class book. The soft watercolor illustrations are a balanced contrast to the energy and enthusiasm Grandfather Tang's Story generates with my class.
Excellent Book for learning about tangrams! June 17, 1999
Ann Sauriol (Arizona USA)
26 out of 27 found this review helpful
This is is an excellent book!I am a teacher and use this book with my 3rd and 4th grade students to teach tangrams and fractions! Children will enjoy the cute story and beautiful pictures!
Excellent for teaching spatial relations! July 24, 2002
Lisa (California)
20 out of 21 found this review helpful
This book is NOT for babies and pre-schoolers! This creative story shows children how to use a puzzle set of math manipulatives called Tangrams to create pictures. It could be used in ANY grade to improve children's comprehension of spatial relations. A pattern for the tangrams is included in the back of the book to make teaching easier. Any child would love to play with these picture puzzles!
A Moral in a Mystery July 7, 2005
Jane M. Greiner (Dayton, OH)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This story, simple on the surface, embeds a major moral of loyalty to friends in a gripping morph thriller.
Great book in many respects September 6, 2007
D. Zapp (Illinois)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I came across this book, I was in the midst of planning for an Autumn Moon event. We are having a tangram craft, and the book contains great illustrations of animal tangrams. The story is very imaginative while leading you through a series of changing animal characters. Although simple reading, I think there is still appeal for children over the age of 7 because of the introduction of the ancient Chinese art of tangram puzzles. The book also contains instructions for making your own puzzles.
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