Phyllis Hornung Peacock

Uses a story format to introduce the Pythagorean theorem. An ancient Greek boy, Pythagoras, helps his cousins produce pleasant music when he adjusts the mathematical ratios between the part of their pipes and lyres, knowledge he would later use to become a famous philosopher. Includes historical note. Suggested level: primary.

Sad because her father is going on a business trip, Madison leaves the castle and, although she knows she should not, enters the woods, gets lost, and stays out after dark, but what she fears most is that her father cannot love her after her misdeeds.

Princess Madison wants a puppy more than anything in the world, but when her mother says she must wait she sneaks one into the castle anyway, then spends a miserable day lying and keeping the pup secret before finding out that her father knew from the start.