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This picture book biography of Ernő Rubik, creator of the Rubik’s Cube, reveals the obsession, imagination, and engineering process behind the creation of this bestselling puzzle, which celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2024.
A solitary child, Ernő Rubik grew up in post-World War II Hungary, curious about puzzles, art, nature, and their underlying patterns and structures. As a professor of architecture, and in a quest to help his students understand three-dimensional objects and how they move, he fashioned a cube made up of smaller cubes that twisted and turned without breaking, unexpectedly inventing the most popular puzzle in history!
Meet the Creators
Kerry Aradhya has loved playing with words since she was a little girl. She is the author of more than a dozen poems in award-winning children’s magazines. She also supports young writers in her role as a collaborating artist with the nonprofit Society of Young Inklings. When not writing for children, Kerry works as a science writer and editor, performs with a quirky modern dance ensemble, and occasionally muses about children’s literature and dance on her blog. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her husband, their two daughters, and one cute but naughty pooch named Sofie.
Ever since she was little, Kara Kramer's favorite time is when her hands are moving in some form of making something. As for school, she studied illustration at Washington University. A few years later, she moved to New York and got an MFA at the School of Visual Arts. Now, she lives, eats, plays, and scribbles her way in Brooklyn. She really loves children's picture books and is so happy to be making them.
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About the Rubik's Cube
"I like to do my best all the time as a designer and solving design problems is the best thing. So, it does not depend on how successful it will be." -Ernő Rubik-
Rubik's Cube Timeline
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