| Who's counting? Okay, so we are! 3x4 by Ivan Brunetti ISBN: 978-1-943145-34-8 HURRAY! 3x4 by master cartoonist Ivan Brunetti earns THREE starred reviews! ★ ★ ★ So exemplary an execution of a simple concept that it can be read multiple ways—as multiplication, counting, sorting—without sacrificing fun. --Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW ★ ★ ★ As the characters work through the multiplication concept on their own terms, readers are sure to arrive at a clearer understanding. --Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW ★ ★ ★ A lovely graphic story that teaches a simple concept in a most engaging way and will be snapped up by fans and newcomers alike . --School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW LEARN MORE Wordplay ISBN: 978-1-943145-17-1 Also by Ivan Brunetti: ★★ ★ "Praiseworthy!" --Kirkus Reviews STARRED REVIEW ★★ ★ "What's not to love?" --School Library Journal STARRED REVIEW The Making of 3X4 An early sketch of Annemarie doing her homework. Ivan Brunetti in conversation with TOON's Françoise Mouly Françoise Mouly (FM): Y oung children are looking for schemas, ways of understanding the world. That’s what a story can do for them, give them an architecture that they can retain and reread — and 3X4 does this very well. It’s like a comic strip, but with deeply satisfying humor that explodes the structure and then puts it back together for you to understand. There’s not too many books that combine genuine humor and math. 3X4 approaches it in terms of understanding the structure of making sets. Ivan Brunetti (IB): I’m just an obsessive list-maker. Every single project I do starts with a list. I think coming to America from Italy and having to make sense of everything all over again, I had to try to put things into some kind of logic. FM: Have you heard any feedback on your first TOON book, Wordplay ? IB: I’ve always thought that if a kid like something they’re being honest about it. A friend’s daughter, who is too old for Wordplay , said “It’s a baby book, but it’s funny.” FM: Have you heard any feedback on your first TOON book, Wordplay ? IB: I’ve always thought that if a kid like something they’re being honest about it. A friend’s daughter, who is too old for Wordplay , said “It’s a baby book, but it’s funny.” FM: That’s a nice review! IB: YES! She likes it and re-reads it. It’s not her reading level but she loves the humor. Brunetti interviewed for SMASH PAGES Writer Alex Dueben interviews Ivan Brunetti for Smash Pages "3×4 is about numbers and math, but also about art. It focuses on the children that readers might remember from his first book and gives them a new homework assignment. I asked him about how he worked on the new book, the relationship between art and numbers, and what he’s thinking about next." –Alex Dueben Read the Full Interview Meanwhile Jordan Crane made a splash at The Brooklyn Book Festival's Picture Book Stage with his first book for children: We Are All Me ★ ★ ★ "As the characters work through the multiplication concept on their own terms, readers are sure to arrive at a clearer understanding." --Publishers Weekly STARRED REVIEW LEARN MORE! |
Who's counting? Okay, so we are! | |
3x4 by Ivan Brunetti ISBN: 978-1-943145-34-8 | | |
HURRAY! 3x4 by master cartoonist Ivan Brunetti earns THREE starred reviews! | |
Wordplay ISBN: 978-1-943145-17-1 | | |
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★★★ "Praiseworthy!"
--Kirkus Reviews
STARRED REVIEW
★★★ "What's not to love?"
--School Library Journal
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An early sketch of Annemarie doing her homework. | | |
Ivan Brunetti in conversation with TOON's Françoise Mouly | |
Françoise Mouly (FM): Young children are looking for schemas, ways of understanding the world. That’s what a story can do for them, give them an architecture that they can retain and reread — and 3X4 does this very well. It’s like a comic strip, but with deeply satisfying humor that explodes the structure and then puts it back together for you to understand. There’s not too many books that combine genuine humor and math. 3X4 approaches it in terms of understanding the structure of making sets. | |
Ivan Brunetti (IB): I’m just an obsessive list-maker. Every single project I do starts with a list. I think coming to America from Italy and having to make sense of everything all over again, I had to try to put things into some kind of logic.
FM: Have you heard any feedback on your first TOON book, Wordplay?
IB: I’ve always thought that if a kid like something they’re being honest about it. A friend’s daughter, who is too old for Wordplay, said “It’s a baby book, but it’s funny.”
FM: Have you heard any feedback on your first TOON book, Wordplay?
IB: I’ve always thought that if a kid like something they’re being honest about it. A friend’s daughter, who is too old for Wordplay, said “It’s a baby book, but it’s funny.”
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FM: That’s a nice review!
IB: YES! She likes it and re-reads it. It’s not her reading level but she loves the humor.
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Brunetti interviewed for SMASH PAGES | |
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Writer Alex Dueben interviews Ivan Brunetti for Smash Pages
"3×4 is about numbers and math, but also about art. It focuses on the children that readers might remember from his first book and gives them a new homework assignment. I asked him about how he worked on the new book, the relationship between art and numbers, and what he’s thinking about next." –Alex Dueben
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Meanwhile Jordan Crane made a splash at The Brooklyn Book Festival's Picture Book Stage with his first book for children: We Are All Me | |
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★★★ "As the characters work through the multiplication concept on their own terms, readers are sure to arrive at a clearer understanding."
--Publishers Weekly
STARRED REVIEW
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