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The Boy Who Loved Math

by Deborah Heiligman

Illustrator: LeUyen Pham

Ages: 6+

Published: 2013

Publisher: Roaring Brook Press/Macmillan

ISBN: 978-1-59643-307-6

Keywords: Mathematics

This picture book biography of Paul Erdös traces his early love of math, and the ideas and people he connected in service to its study. Lively illustrations incorporate mathematical ideas.