Status
Available
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Publication
Farrar Straus Giroux (First Edition)
Pages
32
Description
As the town's official measurer, Magnus Maximus is consumed with measuring and counting everything and everyone, missing out on life's simple pleasures, until one day when he breaks his glasses.
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Language
Original language
English
Physical description
32 p.; 10.8 x 9.25 inches
ISBN
9780374347253
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LibraryThing member GuidedbyVoices11
Genre: This books genre is realistic fiction. The reason is that everything in this story is absolutely possible. Although if these events happened in real life they would be ridiculous, they are still possible. This story is about how a man becomes so obsessed with measuring things that he forgets
Character Review: Magnus Maximus is the protagonist and antagonist of the story. He is the protagonist because he is eventually the one to solve his own problem, but is also the antagonist because he is the one who allows himself to become obsessed with measuring. He is dynamic because he changes a lot by the end of the story (not measuring things as much any more) but is flat because this is all we know about him
Point of View: this story is set in a 3rd omniscient point of view. We know this because the narrator knows everything about Magnus Maximus. The narrator tells us what he is thinking and what he is doing at all times within this story. This POV works well with this story because it is about what Magnus Maximus is doing.
Age: Intermediate
Media: Pastel
Use: 1. You could use this book as a introduction to a measuring math unit
2. Have students write about the simple things in life that they enjoy and how they will try to notice them after reading the story
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to enjoy the everyday things in life. This is a good reminder to those who read it to remember the simple things of life.Character Review: Magnus Maximus is the protagonist and antagonist of the story. He is the protagonist because he is eventually the one to solve his own problem, but is also the antagonist because he is the one who allows himself to become obsessed with measuring. He is dynamic because he changes a lot by the end of the story (not measuring things as much any more) but is flat because this is all we know about him
Point of View: this story is set in a 3rd omniscient point of view. We know this because the narrator knows everything about Magnus Maximus. The narrator tells us what he is thinking and what he is doing at all times within this story. This POV works well with this story because it is about what Magnus Maximus is doing.
Age: Intermediate
Media: Pastel
Use: 1. You could use this book as a introduction to a measuring math unit
2. Have students write about the simple things in life that they enjoy and how they will try to notice them after reading the story
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LibraryThing member mhinderlie
summary: Maximus the official town measurer becomes consumed with measuring everything until his glasses break and he is forced to enjoy the day without measuring anything. He realizes that he needs to take time to enjoy the simple pleasures of life.
Genre: fantasy
Critique: This book is a fun way
Genre: fantasy
Critique: This book is a fun way
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for children to see how easy it is to take the simple pleasures of life for granted. Maximus is a fictional character and many of the things that he measures are immeasurable which makes the story fantasy. Show Less
LibraryThing member pataustin
Set in long-ago times, Magnus Maximus regales the story of a man who loved to measure things. While others measured ordinary things like a child’s height, however, Magnus measured extraordinary things – like “wetness and dryness, nearness and farness, and everything else in between,” which
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provides opportunities to discuss different measuring implements pictured and how one might measure dry things or wet things differently. Quite the town character known for his quirky ways, Magnus gained fame, but often he was so busy measuring and counting things that he forgot to take pleasure in everyday things, that is until his glasses broke. Pair with nonfiction text For Good Measure affording students the opportunity to puzzle through what we can measure as well as how and why we measure things. Show Less
Awards
Colorado Book Award (Winner — Children's Literature — 2011)
The Best Children's Books of the Year (Five to Nine — 2011)
Call number
J2S.600