Hello, friends! Our book today is Crash! Boom!: A Math Tale, written by Robie H. Harris and illustrated by Chris Chatterton, a sweet story of a young elephant learning to build a block tower. A little elephant plays with a set of blocks, stacking them to form a tower. He hopes to make the tower … Continue reading Crash! Boom!: A Math Tale (Robie H. Harris)
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Dirt + Water = Mud (Katherine Hannigan)
Hello, friends! Our book today is Dirt + Water = Mud by Katherine Hannigan, a delightful ode to imagination and the special bond between a girl and her dog. An afternoon of imagination in the backyard lends to some pretty simple arithmetic: dirt + water = mud. Cape + strong breeze = flying. And though … Continue reading Dirt + Water = Mud (Katherine Hannigan)
The Cookie Fiasco (Dan Santat)
Hello, everyone! Our book today is The Cookie Fiasco by Dan Santat, a fantastically fun story about division, of all things. The cookies are ready! But wait... there are four friends, but only three cookies! How will the friends split their cookies equally, especially with a nervous hippopotamus who keeps breaking the cookies into smaller … Continue reading The Cookie Fiasco (Dan Santat)
