Grandfather Tang's Story

Back to Children's Literature

Hannah's Collection

Grandfather Tang's Story
by Ann Tompert

In this story within a story, Grandfather Tang and Little Soo use tangrams to illustrate the lively adventures of two shape-changing fox fairies.

Mathematical topics to explore with this book: geometric shapes, size, position

Book Guide for Grandfather Tang's Story:
Discovering the Math: Book Guide (English)

Activities for Grandfather Tang's Story:
Tangram activities and festival activities from the Early Math Project Website
Use two triangles to make:
1. A larger triangle
2. A square
3. A quadrilateral