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A fun and engaging way to grasp the basics of standard word problems
Part of the outstanding "Magical Math" series from John Wiley & Sons, Wacky Word Problems: Games And Activities That Make Math Easy And Fun by Lynette Long is specifically designed and presented to appeal to children ages 8 to 12 and provide them with a fun and engaging way to grasp the basics of standard word problems. Kids will learn how to answer computation problems, percentile problems, distance problems, and so much more through dozens of age-appropriate activities and entertaining examples. Wacky Word Problems is especially recommended as a homeschool curriculum supplement, and would be an appropriate acquisition for traditional grade school math curriculums and library reference collections as well.
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Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Education / Teaching    3. Elementary    4. Games in mathematics education    5. Graphic methods    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Mathematical games    8. Mathematical statistics    9. Mathematics - Arithmetic    10. Study and teaching (Elementary    11. Study and teaching (Elementary)    12. Graphs    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / Arithmetic    14. Statistics   

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Great for kids at home and at school
This book is great for kids who are interested in math and also for those you wish to get interested in math.It makes math fun. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's All Ages - Science    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Concepts - Time    5. Juvenile Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Mathematics - General    9. Readers - Beginner    10. Rodeos    11. Science & Technology - Mathematics    12. Sports & Recreation - General    13. Sports & Recreation - Miscellaneous    14. Time    15. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

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Math can be fun!
My children really enjoy Stuart Murphy's Math Start series.They introduce children to simple math concepts in a colorful format.Of course, you can't expect your children to learn all of their math skills by reading picture books, but they are great supplemental material.And they are great to read to preschoolers so that when it does come time to learn math in school, it is not a completely foreign subject.Spunky Monkeys on Parade is a fun book! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - Apes & Monkeys    2. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Concepts - General    6. Counting    7. Holidays & Celebrations - Other, Nonreligious    8. Holidays & Festivals - Other - Non-religious    9. Juvenile Mathematics    10. Juvenile Nonfiction    11. Juvenile literature    12. Mathematics - General    13. Mulitiplication    14. Science & Technology - Mathematics    15. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / General    16. Mathematics    17. Times tables   

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Spaceship Earth - book to read on Earth Day
Consisting of thirty-two pages we begin You're Aboard Spaceship Earth by viewing a shuttle blasting off into space. For anyone living in Florida this is an awesome sight to take in as well as listening as the shuttle orbits. There are times when landings must take place in California when Florida is having severe weather problems and this is worth observing as well.
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Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    2. Children: Grades 1-2    3. Earth    4. Juvenile literature    5. Science & Nature - Earth Sciences    6. Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / Nature / Environmental Conservation & Protection    8. Space travel & exploration   

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Pleasantly surprised
My son received this book as a gift from his first grade teacher for entering a project into the science fair. He enjoys reading this book over and over again. This book has made him think about all the different types of animals and how the envoriment can cause them harm. This book gives the description of the animal, size, location and what may be the cause of their extinction. It not only teaches about the worlds rarest animals but in the back of the book there is a world map of all the locations listed within the book. I believe that this book is great for educating our children on both science and geography. I would recommend this book to any science and animal lover. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - General    2. Children's 9-12 - Science    3. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    4. Children: Grades 1-2    5. Endangered species    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile Science (General)    8. Juvenile literature    9. Life Sciences - Zoology - General    10. Rare animals    11. Readers - Beginner    12. Science & Nature - Environmental Conservation & Protection    13. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / General   

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Great concept
I think this book is a great way to introduce beginning math concepts. There is also a section at the back of the book with suggested questions and some activities to further extend the concepts presented. As for comments on the rhyming, I thought it was well done. Any of the "awkward rhymes" were so "barely there" that I hardly noticed them (only because I was looking for them). I felt that it contained enough rhymes to maintain interest but not so many that you are focusing on the rhymes and not the concepts presented.

Math=Fun
A wonderful way to introduce the math concepts of comparing amounts.

Awkward rhymes but still fun
A young rabbit and his mother go to the store to pick-up a few things: carrots, peanuts and worms (!). As the mother rabbit picks up different quantities, the young rabbit whines and complains (in a cute way) about the amounts. The mother rabbit compares the amounts to other shoppers in the store using the terms more, fewer and same. Graphics summarize the terms for each item.Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Comparison (Philosophy)    4. Concepts - Colors    5. Concepts - General    6. Counting    7. Inequalities (Mathematics)    8. Juvenile Mathematics    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Mathematics - General    12. Readers - Beginner    13. Science & Technology - Mathematics    14. Mathematics / General   

Subjects:  1. Action & Adventure    2. Action & Adventure - General    3. Asteroids    4. Children's 4-8 - Picturebooks    5. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    6. Children: Grades 1-2    7. Comets    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Juvenile literature    10. Meteors    11. School & Education    12. Science & Nature - Astronomy    13. Science & Technology - Astronomy/Space    14. Juvenile Fiction / Science & Technology   

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This book misses the boat
If I were editing the book I would have told the author I want it to look like this: 10 pages on the idea of the weather channel and how it got to cable, 5 page pictoral of hot weather channel chicks, 12 pages on big storms the network has covered, 2 pages on how much of a weeny Paul Goodloe is and 230 pages on Jim Cantore. Folks, Jim Cantore IS the weather channel. He is on the edge of your seat entertainment that dares weather to take him on. Whether he is chasing after ann F-5 tornado with a paddle to stop it, surfing the waves of a cat 5 hurricane or reporting from a blizzard in a speedo, Cantore takes the worst mother nature has to offer and laughs at it. Yes, there are some other strong anchors at TWC like Sharon Resultan, Dr. Paul Kocin and Dr. Steve Lyons, but they are cluttered up by goofs like Goodloe and Bob Stokes. Stephanie Abrams is pretty hot. Cantore needs to pull a Sting and just leave the weather channel. If there were a cable channel just called Cantore that featured Jim going to places with the most horrible weather in the world, I would watch 24/7. I do realize Cantore can't do 24 hours worth of shows, but he would have to give his approval for any show on the network. If it gets Cantore approval, it's must see TV. This book missed out on a chance to tell the legend's story, but it does mention him so it's a good read.

interesting but......
This book is a business story of how The Weather Channel became one of the leading media brands in the nation.It is not a "behind the scenes at TWC" tale, although a few pages in the "afterword" give readers a brief glimpse at how it all comes together on air. Interesting look at a media success
This is an interesting book, using the Weather Channel as an example of the birth of specialized channels in the early cable market. Now we take the plethora of channels available to us as a given (57 channels and nothing on), yet in the early days it was a fight to get a new channel carried over cable systems. The Weather Channel succeeded through a strong idea, people that believed in it, and being on the cutting edge of technology. While I expected this to be a straight story of the birth and growth of the Weather Channel, I was surprised to find that it was that, as well as a musing upon communications, and what makes a successful channel, and a successful company. The actual history is only a bit over half the book. The rest looks at the technology involved, and the lessons of leadership, and new ventures. Finally it concludes with some interesting first person stories of experiences in the building of the channel. An interesting read. Not exactly what I expected, but still a fascinating glimpse behind getting a specialized cable channel up and running, and successful for 20 years. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Atlanta    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Corporate & Business History - General    7. Forecasting    8. Georgia    9. History    10. Industries - Media & Communications Industries    11. Television broadcasting of weather    12. Television weathercasting    13. Weather Channel (Television st    14. Weather Channel (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)    15. Media studies    16. Meteorology    17. Radio & television industry    18. Business History   

Subjects:  1. Animals - Insects, Spiders, etc.    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Crickets    5. Juvenile literature    6. Nature - General    7. Science & Nature - General    8. Insects & spiders    9. Juvenile Nonfiction / Science & Technology / General    10. Zoology & animal sciences   

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Anno's Math Games II
This is a beautifully designed book, very inviting to the eye.The book translates mathematical concepts into pictures and little stories which are, not incidentally, visually fascinating.The concrete and specific examples illustrated give children a pathway to the abstractions behind them, teaching them to think and use their native curiosity to develop knowledge.But didactic function of the book, as well thought out as it is, is almost secondary to the pleasure of taking in the beautiful designs and drawings.I think this is a book that a child will remember into adulthood. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Mathematics    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Games & Activities - General    5. Juvenile literature    6. Mathematical recreations    7. Mathematics - General    8. Picture puzzles   

Subjects:  1. Area measurement    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Geometry - General    5. Juvenile Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Mathematics - General    9. Mathematics - Geometry    10. Measurement    11. Size    12. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

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What a great book!
This book is a great educational, but fun book for children ages 3-6 years old. This book was written by Stuart J. Murphy, and illustrated by Holly Keller.Stuart Murphy has written many books. He has a series called Math Start, for children; there are 60 books in the series with over 60 million copies sold. This book is his first published (1996).It is a great book for children, to help them start on a path to learning size relationships. It has picture of different bugs and animal and asks "Which is smallest? Which is the biggest? Although it is without a plot, the book has great pictures, and would be excellent for a short bed time story. The kindergarten group that I read this book to really enjoyed it, I had to read it more than once to them!

Best Bug Parade... 2.5 Stars
I like the MathStart Series *in general* but I wish there was more consistency from book to book."Henry the Fourth" which explored ordinal numbers was great.The story had a cute plot and it kept my children's interest."Missing Mittens"(which was all about even and odd numbers) had a clumsy rhyme and itwasn't nearly as good.This book about comparing-and-contrasting sizes is different still.It has too few words and virtually no plot.Take a look at the sentences from the first *3 pages*:
Great book for younger readers
This is a great book to teach size relationships as well as some basic reading words. The illustrations are great.However, I think the recommended age range (4-6)is a little off.My two year old loves thebook, a friends 4 year old thinks its boring and too short. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Animals - InsectsSpidersetc.    2. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    3. Children: Kindergarten    4. Concepts - Size & Shape    5. Fiction    6. Insects    7. Juvenile Mathematics    8. Juvenile Nonfiction    9. Mathematics - General    10. Parades    11. Science & Technology - Mathematics    12. Size    13. Juvenile Fiction / Concepts / Size & Shape   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Mathematics    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 2-3    4. Geometry - General    5. Juvenile Mathematics    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Mathematics - General    9. Measurement    10. Mensuration    11. Metric system    12. Pen pals    13. Readers - Beginner    14. Science & Technology - Mathematics    15. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

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Sandra Markle, author of more than 36 nonfiction books for children and a former elementary school teacher, brings her expertise to this magnificent exploration of the world of bats. The simple language and easy-to-follow explanations ("Check out the W-shaped back teeth of this insect-eating Nyctalus bat. They're just right for crushing and slicing crunchy insects into a lumpy bug pudding.") make Read more

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Bats for Kids
This book contains information on bats ranging from birth, to bones, to wings, to intestines.Full color photographs keep children interested, and a glossary provides help for the unfamiliar words.Even students withreading difficulties enjoy looking through this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Anatomy    2. Animals - Mammals    3. Bats    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Nonfiction    5. Children: Grades 4-6    6. Juvenile Nonfiction    7. Juvenile literature    8. Science & Nature - Anatomy & Physiology    9. Science & Nature - Biology    10. Juvenile Nonfiction / Animals / Mammals   

Subjects:  1. Alphabet    2. Children's 4-8    3. Children: Babies & Toddlers    4. Concepts - Alphabet    5. General    6. Juvenile literature    7. Picture puzzles   

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This book is a true sign of peace, love, joy, and unity!!!
This book is truely a classic and I can say is one of my favorites it shows how the world is always going from one side of it to another and each country is represented by an author of that country, if you really want akeepsake get this book today!!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Brotherliness    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fiction    5. Human relations    6. Juvenile Fiction    7. People & Places - General    8. Juvenile Fiction / People & Places / General   

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Great Math Book
My kids aged 5 and 6 really enjoyed the book. Especially since i doubled up the reading with a simultaneous activity with 12 dolls/toy figures put together in a line. As we read, the kids arranged the 12 dolls in the same manner that the teacher in the book wants from her students. My younger child who is not very comfortable with numbers, got to play around with 12 pieces understanding that they can be arranged any which way to add up to 12 all the time. She also taught herself to learn to make x number of rows with equal number of kids. My older daughter immediately got the concept that 4 rows of 3 kids means the number 3 kept in a row 4 times, which i told her means 3 multiplied by 4. Another thing that happened was that the kids learnt the meaning of 'a dozen' and 'pairs' and 'rows'. English is not our mother tongue and though the kids speak english most of the time, specialised words such as these dont get to be spoken.
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Subjects:  1. Arithmetic    2. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Fiction    5. Readers - Beginner    6. School field trips    7. Stories in rhyme    8. Zoos   

Subjects:  1. Addition    2. Animals - Reptiles & Amphibians    3. Children's All Ages - Mathematics    4. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    5. Children: Kindergarten    6. Counting    7. Counting & Numeration    8. Juvenile Mathematics    9. Juvenile Nonfiction    10. Juvenile literature    11. Mathematics - General    12. Performing Arts - General    13. Preschool Mathematics Skills    14. Science & Technology - Mathematics    15. Juvenile Nonfiction / Mathematics / General   

Subjects:  1. Children's 4-8 - Fiction - General    2. Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction    3. Children: Grades 1-2    4. Juvenile Easy Readers    5. Juvenile Nonfiction    6. Readers - Beginner    7. Readers - Chapter Books    8. Science & Nature - Earth Sciences - Weather   

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Monster Math Picnic
Ten colorful monsters go on a picnic.While they are there, theyengage in a variety of activities from playing in the sand to running from bees.The monsters are comical and engaging.The story shows the combinations ofnumbers that add to ten in a logical sequence.I used it as a countingbook for a preschooler as well as a friendly format for addition andsubtraction concepts for a first grader.The book is designed to helpparents and grandparents introduce children to mathematical ideas.Thebook ends with five math activities by Marilyn Burns. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Children's Books/Ages 4-8 Fiction    2. Children: Kindergarten    3. Counting    4. Fiction    5. Juvenile Fiction    6. Monsters    7. Picnicking    8. Readers - Beginner    9. School & Education    10. Science & Technology - Mathematics    11. Stories in rhyme