Reader’s Annotation: Math is everywhere! Everyone has been told this, but how can it be seen? Scieszka helps students see the endless possibilities of math and helps provide practical applications for the hours they must endure working with figures. In the end, it becomes a game!
Author: Jon Scieszka
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Age: 3-7 years
Genre/subject: children's fiction
Plot Summary: A grade school student learns in a math class that "everything in life can be a math problem" and embarks on several days of a math curse where everything is broken down into math principles. The student cannot escape the "math curse" until the very end, only to stumble into science class where "everything in life can be an experiment."
Evaluation: Demonstrates the application of theory, on a grammar-school level. Appeals to boys and girls, as the main character is androgynous.
Significance & Bibliographic Usefulness: This is a book that can build upon a child's literacy as well as arithmetic skills. It contains clever wordplay and induces giggles on the normally dry topic of math.
Readalikes: The Science Curse
Awards/Lists: ABBY honor Book, ALA Notable Book
Links to reviews in professional review sources
Hook: Everything in life can be a math problem!
Ideas, Uses: Great way to introduce elementary student into math, can reduce math anxiety.
ISBN: 0670861944
Page Count: 32
Format: paperback
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
Age: 3-7 years
Genre/subject: children's fiction
Plot Summary: A grade school student learns in a math class that "everything in life can be a math problem" and embarks on several days of a math curse where everything is broken down into math principles. The student cannot escape the "math curse" until the very end, only to stumble into science class where "everything in life can be an experiment."
Evaluation: Demonstrates the application of theory, on a grammar-school level. Appeals to boys and girls, as the main character is androgynous.
Significance & Bibliographic Usefulness: This is a book that can build upon a child's literacy as well as arithmetic skills. It contains clever wordplay and induces giggles on the normally dry topic of math.
Readalikes: The Science Curse
Awards/Lists: ABBY honor Book, ALA Notable Book
Links to reviews in professional review sources
Hook: Everything in life can be a math problem!
Ideas, Uses: Great way to introduce elementary student into math, can reduce math anxiety.
ISBN: 0670861944
Page Count: 32
Format: paperback
Publisher: Viking Books for Young Readers
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