11X Magic: A Children's Picture Book That Makes Math Fun, With a Cartoon Rhyming Format to Help Kids See How Magical 11X Math Can Be (Educational Science

by Sharon Clark

Pinnacle Book Achievement Award Winner & Finalist-Book Excellence Awards

This picture book will delight children of all ages, but will be especially appealing to any child between the ages of 7 to 10. It demonstrates how magical 11X math can be. Here, a wizard has a castle with three different floors where 11X math of increasing difficulty is done. This book is fashioned after video games where a child can advance to the next level once he or she has mastered each level. The first level is the simplest where 11X a single digit from 1 to 9 is done. The second level is 11X a two-digit number and the third level is 11X a three-digit number. Although each level increases in difficulty, the wizard reveals some amazing tricks for finding the solution quickly and without the use of a calculator. Once a child discovers these tricks, he or she will discover how exciting 11X math can be. Children will be able to amaze friends with their ability to find the solution quickly using only mental math. But the ultimate goal of 11X Magic is to make kids view math from a new perspective - it can be fun!

Genres: Picture Books

34 pages, Paperback

Published June 15, 2017

About the author

Sharon's first book "Not Our Baby" was published in 1984 by Detselig Enterprises (now Temerin Books). She had four children and returned to university when her youngest daughter began grade one. Because her first child, a son, died of a brain tumour weeks before his second birthday, she wanted to work in cancer research. She obtained a degree in Cell, Microbial and Molecular Biology (CMMB) and worked in research for seventeen years.

Now retired, Sharon writes fun and educational math and science books for children. She has published five books and is now an award-winning author. She won Pinnacle Book awards for"The Caterpillar That Learned to Fly" and "11X Magic" and a "Book Excellence Finalist award for "11X Magic".

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Reviews

[Scott Haraburda · Rating 4 out of 5]

An excellent book to teach children how to multiply 11 with single, double, and triple digit numbers. The illustrations were also excellent in illustrating the simple tricks in obtaining the answers. After reading this book, most children should have no difficulty in mastering this seemingly difficult task.

This was a book I won on Goodreads.

[Michaela Klegseth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Have you ever played math related video games in school i have and this book seems like you are in a video game. It is centered for children of all ages who like math and video games. Math can feel magical when you did a math problem right and you feel magical. In the book the wizard's castle levels are like the levels of a video game each one gets harder. For every right answer you see a magic trick.This is the most unique book i have heard of and read.

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book that teaches in a such a fun way that kids may not know they are learning. The first thing that should catch a child’s attention is that a wizard greets the reader. “Well - hi there! It’s so nice to see you! How did you find my kingdom here / Where magical patterns in math appear?” The story is told in rhyme and introduces the reader to three floors of 11X math: multiplying by single, double, and triple digit numbers.

The first floor is very simple, the third most difficult. There is a pattern to each floor's lesson, and the reader, with some help, is asked to discover the pattern. The rhyme is done well and the illustrations keep the story interesting. As an example, each floor has a different method of getting there and the illustrations add a little excitement to the math story.

Cons: None

Pros: As an adult I found this book enlightening. I see the story as a wonderful teaching aid for classrooms and individual readers. The illustrations and are extremely well done and the story, which could have been a bit dry and boring, didn’t touch on either. I would highly recommend 11X Magic.

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[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked the trick that they taught for multiplying 11s, and I hope that Sharon Clark writes more. However, I think it needs a different title, with “11x Magic” as the subtitle (just to attract more readers.) The artwork was fantastic, too!