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Tangram Magician

Blue Apple Books By Lisa Campbell Ernst
Illustrated by Lee Ernst

9 x 9 in; 28 pp ; all ages
Hardcover
Published in August, 2005
ISBN 1593541066
ISBN13 9781593541064

$15.95  

Tangram Magician -- Legend has it that one thousand years ago, a man dropped a porcelain tile. It broke into seven pieces—five triangles, one square, and one parallelogram. When he tried to reassemble the square, he discovered he could create hundreds of different images from just those seven pieces.

Tangram Magician brings this ancient Chinese puzzle to the children and grown-ups of today. As the work of the magician unfolds, the reader can make the designs using the seven puzzle pieces provided along with the book. The dense-foam puzzle comes in a reusable plastic storage box artfully inset into the diecut cover. And when the story is done, there are hours of additional fun creating your own designs.

Simple enough for a six-year-old, sophisticated enough for a sixty-year-old.

Lisa Campbell Ernst was born in Oklahoma but now makes her home in Kansas City, Missouri. She earned a bachelor of fine arts in 1978 from the University of Oklahoma and then began a career in advertising before turning to her true love: writing and illustrating books. Among he most notable works are When Bluebell Sang, Ginger Jumps, Duke the Dairy Delight Dog, and Goldilocks Returns.

Lee Ernst, Lisa's husband, is an art director.