Synopses & Reviews
Ralph warns Flora not to pick that thirteenth bean. Everyone knows its unlucky! Now that theyre stuck with it, how can they make it disappear? If they each eat half the beans, theres still one left over. And if they invite a friend over, they each eat four beans, but theres still one left over! And four friends could each eat three beans,
but theres still one left over! HOW WILL THEY ESCAPE THE CURSE OF BEAN THIRTEEN?!
A funny story about beans, that may secretly be about . . . math! Sometimes you can divide, but you just cant conquer (the bean thirteen, that is).
About the Author
Matthew McElligott teaches illustration and design at the Sages Colleges in Albany, and is most recently the author and illustrator of Backbeard and the Birthday Suit and Absolutely Not. He lives in Selkirk, New York.