Rabbits, Rabbits Everywhere: A Fibonacci Tale

Charlesbridge Math Adventures

by Ann McCallum Staats, Gideon Kendall (Illustrator)

A Fibonacci Tale - Math Adventure It is up to a young girl named Amanda to save Chee crops by figuring out the pattern by which the rabbits multiply.

Genres: Mathematics, Picture Books, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2007

About the author

A former educator with a master's degree in education, Ann McCallum Staats is an award-winning author. Her book "Fantastic Flora: The World's Biggest, Baddest, and Smelliest Plants" (Candlewick/ MIT Kids Press) shares how some of the weirdest plants survive and thrive. She is also the co-author with astronaut Karen Nyberg of "A Quilt of Stars," releasing Fall, 2026. When she's not writing, Ann travels, mentors, and connects with audiences. Find out more at www.annmccallumbooks.com or on Instagram @annmsbooks or other social media.

Reviews

[Lynn Davidson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This story is a great way to help the reader understand a math pattern called Fibonacci. A spell was cast over a town and rabbits started appearing - more every day - and a little girl tried to figure out the pattern. Very interesting story, and gorgeously illustrated.

[Jeanine · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was better than I expected! Too long and complicated for early and middle childhood but what a fun way to teach/learn about a more advanced pattern.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

Here in this fantasy math story the reader is brought into a small town named Chee to discover more about Fibonacci numbers and its following sequence.

First of all the book's first step is to take some creative liberties for the story starts off with a small poem that does a brief summarizing of the The Pied Piper of Hamelin why telling the reader what a hero he was. If anyone correctly remembers that tale the Pied Piper was also a bit of a villain, especially at the end of the tale after the Hamelinites refused to pay him.

Anyway the story then moves on to this telling in which the reader is taken into Chee, which is the supposed hometown of the Piper thus bring the Piper back into the story. And once more he takes on the mantle of being the villain but all so Amanda's story can play off his story.

What really stood out to me with this story, though, are the illustrations. They are brightly colored and mostly realistic with some of the bunnies being some interesting although not really realistic colors. These bunnies though are made with cute faces and whimsical expressions so even at that point who can be angry at them for being fantastical bunnies.

At the end of the book the reader is introduced to more facts about the man who discovered the sequence and some further information on Fn. They are also given some alternative patterns to look for in the world around them as well.

Although I wasn't a fan of the portrayal of the Piper the story was really quite cute and can make this a great addition to any math class if you are wanting to teach children about patterns or number sequences. And just maybe you can find some fun way like M&Ms to help children see the pairs of numbers either as you read to them or they read the story to you.

[Jane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this in the school library while my students were looking for books and the pattern of the sequence made more sense to me than ever before. Things just matter and are more understandable to me when presented in the context of a story.

[Sally · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fibonacci numbers explained. So-so story.

[Debra]

Grade 3 - 7

Patterns - Fibonacci. Explains a difficult concept and gives some biographical information on Fibonacci