Dear Math, We're Not Friends

For kids who think they hate math, this math picture book uses humor to find the fun in the subject.

Nikhil is an Indian American boy who does not like math! Math gives him a tummy ache, and making mistakes scares him. His teacher encourages him to write letters to math to explore his feelings.

Soon, Nikhil is surprised to learn that not only are drawing, counting, and measuring all a part of math, but math will actually help him when he grows up--whether he pursues his dream of becoming an astronaut or an artist.

Told through his humorous letters to math over a school year, readers observe Nikhil go from feeling uneasy even thinking about math, to embracing how universal and even FUN math is in all its various forms. Dear Math, We're Not Friends makes an excellent gift for math teachers, librarians, and parents who want to help kids find the joy in math and develop a positive relationship with it.

Lina Chopra Haldar is a children's book author and math educator living in Berkeley, California. She draws from twenty years of experience in STEM education and a PhD in mathematics education to write stories that spark children's curiosity and foster positive relationships with math. Her passion for math education grew as she spent time in the classroom and worked with a diverse student population. Since completing her PhD, Haldar has worked as a postdoctoral scholar at UC Berkeley and held various research, evaluation, and curriculum development positions. Dear Math, We're Not Friends is her first picture book.

Teresa Martinez is a Mexican illustrator based in Puerto Vallarta. She's the illustrator for dozens of picture books including Duck, Duck, Taco Truck, written by Laura Lavoie, Playing at the Border: A Story of Yo-Yo Ma, written by Johanna Ho, and The Last Tamale, written by Orlando Mendiola.