I once read this quote by an author:
when you write your fantasy epic, stumble upon some attractive plotline and pursue it you almost inevitably find a little engraved stone. ‘J. R. R. Tolkien was here first’
~Chris Walley
As an illustrator of children's maths books, I can sympathize with this sentiment, though my plaque would read 'Numberblocks was here first'.
We could give 1 a single eye? Numberblocks did that first.
We could give 2 glasses? Numberblocks did that first.
4 could involve square shapes? They did that first. 5's motif could be a star? They did that. 7 could reflect a rainbow in some way? They did that too. 8 could be based on either an octopus or a spider? They did BOTH (that's just greedy!)
I can't possibly avoid everything they've done!
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