Scieszka, John Smith, Lane (1995). Math Curse. New York, New York: Penguin Book USA.
The narrator of the story has a problem. His math teacher Mrs. Fibonacci has put a math curse on him by telling the class that everything can be viewed as a math problem. The rest of the book is filled with clever math problems based on real life that require solving. It starts from waking up in the morning and is carried out through the day. Some of the problems have serious solutions. Others are silly and have a play on some of the words and math concepts. By using a play on words, the narrator is able to escape and break the math curse. But just as the math curse is broken the science teacher says, "You know, you can think of almost anything as a science experiment..."
The illustrations in this book are made out of collages of everyday materials. Part of the fun is spying a piece of newsprint that makes up a building. The value of the color scheme is very dark and muted, befitting someone who is cursed!
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