As Pi Day is tomorrow (3/14), today’s picture book of the week is a picture book about pi. See above. This is a new book and so fun!

By reading this book, you will be able to answer the following questions:

What is pi?

What’s so great about pi?

How did pi get its name?

What is pi’s history?

Who are some of the mathematicians who have discovered the digits in pi?

What does the Bible have to do with pi?

Who proved that pi is an irrational number?

Where is the Pi Room that has at least 707 of pi’s digits after the decimal point displayed?

Whose formula for calculating the pi’s decimal numbers is still used today by the algorithms used by GPSs and electromagnetic signals?

What two sets of brothers working independently of each other came up with the exact same new formula that allows for the calculation of pi to 4 billion decimal places?

Who holds the record for reciting the most digits of pi?

What is the pi paradox?

What is some fun you can have with pi?

What are some pi jokes?

If you want to get yourself and/or some youngsters excited about pi, get this book! I recommend it as a way for mathletes and non-math people alike, young and old, to learn why pi is a big deal. The fun illustrations and clear text make pi more accessible to everyone around the ages of about 12 and up.

Another review of the book is here on the Redeemed Reader’s website.

Here are some more picture books about pi.

If you want a fun game to play for Pi Day, go here,

If you want some pie-themed picture books, go here. .

Finally, if you want more pi related stuff, go to piday.org.

Happy Pi Day! Eat some circle-themed foods (pies of course, sliced oranges, any fruit or veggie sliced in circles, pizza, peas, etc.) tomorrow and read a book or two about pi!

P.S. A gorgeous cookbook devoted to pies is below, written by a friend of a friend. Get it from amazon here. (affiliate link)