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The authors cleverly describe the growth of T.J., an orphaned Siberian tiger cub, through the use of engaging text and various types of graphs. This book is a unique approach to integrating science and mathematics through a topic that is totally irresistible to the reader, a baby tiger cub's life. by Jon Scieszka, Lane SmithWinner of a slew of awards, this amusing picture book tells of a girl whose teacher puts a "math curse" on her. When she wakes up the next morning, she finds all her life's situations have turned into math word problems! Filled with sly math jokes, this wacky story also illustrates the fact that math "world problems" really are just a part of everyday life. Recommended for first grade and up.
by ROLF MYLLER The King wants to get the Queen something really special for her birthday -- a bed. Only trouble is, nobody's ever made a bed before, so no one knows how big it should be. This story introduces the importance of (standard) measurement with humor and silliness. A Children's Book Council best science book winner.
A Mathematical Folktale by Demi In this richly illustrated tale, Rani, a young peasant girl of India, tricks a greedy raja into giving her what seems at first like a tiny reward: one grain of rice, doubled each. But in short order that one grain turns into millions of grains of rice, which the generous Rani uses to feed her village. A hilarious tale that illustrates an important mathematical concept. Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar by Masaichiro Anno, Mitsumasa Anno The amazing story of one jar and its mysterious contents. This is the book that Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, and the Horn Book reviewers all raved over. A favorite teaching tool for introducing the concepts of multiplication and factors.
Fractals, Googols and Other
Mathematical Tales
The Adventures of Penrose the Mathematical Cat
Illustrated with various photographs, prints, and diagrams. The life, work, and goals of scientist and mathematician (he is the inventor of calculus, after all) Isaac Newton are described in this very readable book about perhaps "the greatest scientist of all time." A descriptive chapter of experiments on color, paddle wheels, and gravity motivates children to think and explore, as Newton did. Glossary. Index. Chronology. Chapter Notes. Further Reading List.
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