Karen Reed, my high school mathematics teacher, had this book of math-themed short stories in her resource closet. It was first published in 1958 (probably way, way before Ms. Reed was born, of course), and I borrowed it and read it all and loved it. I've been trying to think of the name of it ever since, and every time I see her, I forget to ask her.

Then, last night, on some unrelated Web page, there it was! I've added it to my Amazon wish list, and if you at all enjoy math (or books like Flatland or Flatterland), you should read it too while it's still in print.

There's a sequel, too, The Mathematical Magpie, which I've never read. Here are some Amazon links to these books (I've included The Annotated Flatland, even though it's more expensive than plain Flatland, because the annotations are by the author of Flatterland, which I liked):

Fun stuff!