Infinity and Me - by Kate Hosford (Hardcover)

About the Book

Uma can't help feeling small when she peers up at the night sky. She begins to wonder about infinity. Is infinity a number that grows forever? Is it an endless racetrack? Could infinity be in an ice cream cone? Uma soon finds that the ways to think about this big idea may just be . . . infinite. Full color.

Book Synopsis

When I looked up, I shivered. How many stars were in the sky? A million? A billion? Maybe the number was as big as infinity. I started to feel very, very small. How could I even think about something as big as infinity?

Uma can't help feeling small when she peers up at the night sky. She begins to wonder about infinity. Is infinity a number that grows forever? Is it an endless racetrack? Could infinity be in an ice cream cone? Uma soon finds that the ways to think about this big idea may just be . . . infinite.

Review Quotes

"A stellar artistic vision of the infinite power of intergenerational love." --starred, Kirkus Reviews

-- (9/15/2012 12:00:00 AM)

"Even for adults, this is an enormously complex idea--scientifically, mathematically, philosophically--but Hosford smoothly distills it to a manageable serving that will both engage and challenge kids. Swiatkowska's art, too, is remarkable at this elucidation, illustrating the text literally but with appropriately disorienting and surreal details that combine to whimsical, visually stunning effect." --The Horn Book Magazine

-- (1/1/2013 12:00:00 AM)

"Hosford's (Big Bouffant) story is as much a look into the interior life of a sensitive girl as it is a meditation on a mathematical concept--a task for which Swiatkowska's (This Baby) idiosyncratic portraits are perfectly suited." --Publishers Weekly

-- (9/24/2012 12:00:00 AM)

"Swiatkowska's imaginative artwork combines the free-wheeling, slightly eerie absurdity of Monty Python animations, the formality of nineteenth-century decorative patterning, and the playful nerdiness of Leonardo da Vinci-styled inventions. For math and language arts teachers in search of circular common ground, ∞ marks the spot."--The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books

-- (11/13/2012 12:00:00 AM)

"Swiatkowska's Victorian-style drawings are vaguely reminiscent of Edward Gorey, and Hosford effectively reflects the ways in which young children might grapple with, and come to some understanding of, such an impenetrable notion." --The New York Times Book Review

-- (8/26/2012 12:00:00 AM)

"This unusual, philosophical picture book makes this seemingly difficult concept approachable and interesting....This quiet jewel is sure to spark contemplation and conversation among readers."

--School Library Journal

-- (10/1/2012 12:00:00 AM)