"Enter the Wonderful World of Mathematics (3 volumes)" Author: (Japanese) Mitsumasa Anno Publisher: New Star Publishing

Introduction

The most confusing thing about mathematics is why it is like this and what its use is. Many people don’t understand it even after graduating from college. This set of books perfectly explains the essence of mathematics and closely links mathematics with life.

13 basic mathematical ideas, layer by layer, perfectly explain the essence of mathematics. Two dwarfs run through the whole text, with pictures and texts, telling stories, making puzzles, and playing games. The mathematical concepts behind the games allow children to approach mathematics in the simplest and most scientific way and fall in love with mathematics! It not only teaches arithmetic, but also inspires thinking methods of looking at things and solving problems from different angles, cultivates children's logical thinking ability, and improves their comprehensive quality.

The most classic work of Mitsumasa Anno, the winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award and the author of "Travel Picture Book". It breaks the boring and stereotyped impression of mathematics, combines science and art, and carefully draws beautiful pictures to let children appreciate the dual beauty of science and art. Recommended by "Publishers Weekly" and "School Library Magazine" in the United States! Won the Japan Mathematical Society Publishing Award, the Japan Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award, and was selected by the Japan National School Library Association. The Japanese version has been reprinted up to 150 times. "Enter the Wonderful World of Mathematics 1-3 (Set of 3 Volumes)" has 104 pages per volume (4-5 chapters, each chapter focuses on a mathematical idea). The book is accompanied by an explanatory text written by Mitsumasa Anno himself, which provides a detailed supplement to the mathematical knowledge involved. It is highly extensible and inspiring. Carefully selected high-quality paper for printing, as close to the original paper as possible, with delicate texture and soft colors, striving to perfectly present the beautiful and warm picture world of Anno.

About the Author

Anno Mitsumasa

A world-renowned picture book master and winner of the Hans Christian Andersen Award, the highest honor in the international children's book industry. Born in Tsuwano-cho, Shimane Prefecture, Japan in 1926, he graduated from the Graduate School of Yamaguchi Normal School. He worked as an art teacher and later began to engage in picture book creation and children's book design. In 1968, "Wonderful Country" was published. Since then, he has published more than 70 picture books. He has won many awards including the Japan Art Selection Minister's Newcomer Award, the Kodansha Publishing Culture Award Picture Book Award, the British Kate Greenaway Recommendation Award, the Bratislava Illustration Exhibition (BIB) Golden Apple Award, the Bologna International Children's Book Fair Illustration Award in Italy, and the Japanese Kikuchi Kan Award. He is known as "an intellectual artist with amazing talent."

Mitsumasa Anno is good at meticulous watercolor painting. His painting style is delicate and exquisite, and he often uses light and elegant colors to create a dignified, steady, warm and peaceful atmosphere, and the gentle breath permeates the room. The nature in his paintings is the most moving, and the elegant colors and delicate brushstrokes are full of the charm of traditional Japanese paintings. But while inheriting the tradition, he also incorporates sketching and drawing from Western paintings into his creations, and the rich details he depicts are particularly praised.

Mitsumasa Anno is not only good at painting, but also has a wide range of knowledge, and has profound attainments in the fields of humanities, mathematics, architecture, literature, etc. Therefore, he can always incorporate cultural elements such as local customs, humanities and arts into his landscape paintings, making his works not only pure art appreciation, but also a layer of profound connotation of humanities records. At the same time, Mitsumasa Anno is also good at creating picture books with mathematics themes. He integrates art and science into humorous visual games, constructing the "Anno style" that is both intellectual and poetic, full of childlike fun, showing a keen imagination and meticulous logical reasoning ability.

Mitsumasa Anno is a painter with the most diverse creative methods and styles in the modern Japanese children's art world. His paintings are full of common interests, feelings and humor of all mankind, so his picture books can transcend national boundaries and cultural differences and are widely loved by readers all over the world. In 1984, Mitsumasa Anno won the International Hans Christian Andersen Award for Painter. The jury gave him the following evaluation: "Mitsumasa Anno has played an increasingly important role in promoting artistic exchanges and mutual understanding between the East and the West. His creations are extremely legendary, but they can attract universal resonance and love from admirers from all over the world. He is an intellectual artist with amazing talent. His picture books are not only very beautiful, but also have extremely high scientific concepts." As the most watched Japanese picture book master in the West today, Hiromasa Anno has also received high praise in the fields of essays, landscape paintings and literary book binding paintings.

Anno Mitsumasa's major works include the "Travel Picture Book" series, "Enter the Wonderful World of Mathematics" (1-3), "Wonderful Country", "Forest Picture Book", "Upside Down", "ABC Book", "Fifty Sounds Picture Book", "Paper Cut Momotaro", "Counting", "Song Picture Book", "Anno Mitsumasa's Painting Collection", "Flea Market", "The King Who Likes Big Things", "The Theory of the Movement of the Heavens", "Picture Book The Tale of the Heike", "Hat Trick", "The Story in the Pot", "The Three Little Pigs", "Ten People's Happy Moving Day", "Wonderful Seeds", etc.

On March 20, 2001, Mitsumasa Anno’s birthday, the Mitsumasa Anno Museum opened in his hometown, Tsuwano-cho.