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| Addition | Counting | Decimal System |
| Division | Estimating | Fractions |
| Geometry | Graphing | Grouping |
| Mathematics | Measurement | Money |
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Addition
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E PIN Pinczes, Elinor |
A Remainder of One When the queen of the bugs demands that her army march in even lines, Private Joe divides the marchers into more and more lines so that he will not be left out of the parade. |
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332.4 McM McMillan, Bruce |
Jelly Beans for Sale Shows how different combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters can buy varying amounts of jelly beans. Includes information on how jelly beans are made. |
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398.2 HON Hong, Lily |
Two of Everything A poor old Chinese farmer finds a magic brass pot that doubles or duplicates whatever is placed inside it, but his efforts to make himself wealthy lead to unexpected complications. |
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513.2 BAK Baker, Keith |
Quack and Count Seven ducklings take a rhyming look at addition |
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513.2 CLE Cleary, Brian P. |
The Mission of Addition Presents a children's book for early readers that teaches about addition. |
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513.2 GIG Giganti, Paul |
Each Orange had 8 Slices An illustrated introduction to counting and simple addition. |
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513.2 LEE Leedy, Loreen |
Mission: Addition Miss Prime and her animal students explore addition by finding many examples in the world around them |
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513.2 LON Long, Lynette |
Domino Addition Explains basic addition through the use of dominoes. |
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513.2 MER Merriam, Eve |
12 Ways to Get to 11 Uses ordinary experiences to present twelve combinations of numbers that add up to eleven. |
Counting
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E AND Andreasen, Dan |
The Baker's Dozen The reader is invited to count from one to thirteen as a jolly baker makes delectable treats from one mouth-watering eclair to twelve luscious cupcakes, and serves them to invited guests. |
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E BAK Baker, Keith |
Big Fat Hen A big fat hen counts to ten with her friends and all their chick. |
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E BAS Base, Graeme |
Uno's Garden Uno builds a home and garden in the magnificent forest among the playful puddlebuts and feathered frinklepods, but as the place becomes more and more popular, it is overtaken by tourists and buildings until the forest and animals seem to disappear altogether. |
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E BEI Beil, Karen |
Mooove Over! A trolley driver tries to keep track of how many riders he has on board, but a rude cow on the trolley makes it impossible. |
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E BRI Brisson, Pat |
Benny's Pennies Benny sets off in the morning with five shiny new pennies to spend and eventually buys something for his mother, brother, sister, dog, and cat. |
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E EHL Ehlert, Lois |
Fish Eyes A counting book depicting the colorful fish a child might see if he turned into a fish himself. |
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E FAL Falwell, Cathryn |
Feast for 10 Numbers from one to ten are used to tell how members of a family shop and work together to prepare a meal. |
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E FLE Fleming, Denise |
Count! The antics of lively and colorful animals present the numbers one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty. |
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E FRI Friedman, Aileen |
The King's Commissioners While trying to keep track of his many royal commissioners, the king learns some new ways of counting. |
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E GIG Giganti, Paul
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How Many Blue Birds Flew Away? A youngster contemplates many number and counting problems throughout the day, at home and at school. |
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E HAM Hamm, Diane |
How Many Feet in the Bed? Count the feet as a family of five tumble in and out of bed on a Sunday morning. |
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E HOB Hoban, Tana |
26 Letters and 99 Cents Works issued back-to-back and inverted. Color photographs of letters, numbers, coins, and common objects introduce the alphabet, coinage, and the counting system. |
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E JAY Jay, Alison |
1 2 3 A Child's First Counting Book A little girl awakens to scenes from fairy tales in which she can count familiar characters or objects from one to ten and back again. |
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E KRE Krebs, Laurie |
We All Went on Safari Text mainly in English with some words in Swahili. Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their friends embark on an exciting counting adventure through the grasslands of Tanzania, discovering all different kinds of African animals as they count from one to ten. Includes facts about Tanzania and information about each animal, the Masai people and the Swahili language. |
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E MAR Martin, Bill |
Chicka Chicka 1 2 3 Numbers from one to one hundred climb to the top of an apple tree in this rhyming chant. |
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E McN McNamara, Margaret |
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? Charlie, the smallest child in his first grade class, is amazed to discover that of the three pumpkins his teacher brings to school, the tiniest one has the most seeds. |
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E MIR Miranda, Anne |
Monster Math A counting book in which a little monster's birthday party gets out of control |
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E MUR Murphy, Stuart, J. |
Just Enough Carrots While a bunny and his mother shop in a grocery store for lunch guests, the reader may count and compare the amounts of carrots, peanuts, and worms in the grocery carts of other shoppers. |
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E ROO Root, Phyllis |
One Duck Stuck In this counting book, increasingly larger groups of animals try to help a duck that is stuck in the sleepy, slimy marsh |
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E SZE Szekeres, Cyndy |
I Can Count 100 Bunnies The reader is asked to count as more and more of Wilbur Bunny's sisters and brothers, uncles, aunts, and cousins arrive to welcome the newest baby bunny into the family. |
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E WAL Walsh, Ellen |
Mouse Count Presents a counting story in which ten little mice must work together to free themselves after they are caught by a fortunately greedy snake. |
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E WEL Wells, Rosemary |
Emily's First 100 Days of School Starting with number one for the first day of school, Emily learns the numbers to one hundred in many different ways. |
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398.2 DEE Dee, Ruby |
Two Ways to Count to Ten A retelling of a traditional African tale in which King Leopard invites all the animals to a spear-throwing contest whose winner will marry his daughter and succeed him as king. |
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510 TAN Tang, Greg |
Math-terpieces A series of rhymes about artists and their works introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as such artistic styles as cubism, pointillism, and surrealism. |
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513 FIS Fisher, Valorie |
How High Can a Dinosaur Count? Presents fifteen story problems with wacky elements such as flapjack-flipping frogs, a daisy-chomping dragon, and a laundromat whose washing machines mix frappes. |
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513 TAN Tang, Greg |
Math for all Seasons Contains twelve riddles, each paired with a color illustration, that together pose math puzzles based on the seasons of the year. Includes an answer key. |
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513.2 ANN Anno |
Anno's Counting Book Introduces counting and number systems by showing mathematical relationships in nature. |
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513.2 BLU Blumenthal, Nancy |
Count-a-saurus Depicts numbered groups of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures, from one Stegosaurus standing in the sun to ten Hadrosaurids sporting funny hats. Additional text in the back provides more information about each species. |
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513.2 CLE Clements, Andrew |
A Million Dots Illustrations and fun facts demonstrate what one million dots look like. |
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513.2 EVA Evans, Lezlie |
Can You Count Ten Toes? Text in English; numbers in Chinese, French, Hebrew, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Russian, Spanish, Tagalog, and Zulu. Rhyming verses instruct the reader to count different objects in one of ten languages, including Spanish, Japanese, Russian, Tagalog, and Hebrew. |
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513.2 GIG Giganti, Paul |
Each Orange had 8 Slices An illustrated introduction to counting and simple addition. |
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513.2 HEL Helman, Andrea |
1, 2, 3 Moose Introduces the numbers one through twenty against a background of photographs and brief text describing animal and plant life found in the Pacific Northwest. |
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513.2 McM McMillan, Bruce |
Counting Wildflowers A counting book with photographs of wildflowers illustrating the numbers one through twenty. |
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513.2 MER Merriam, Eve |
12 Ways to Get to 11 Uses ordinary experiences to present twelve combinations of numbers that add up to eleven.
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513.2 SCH Schwartz, David M. |
How Much is a Million? Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion. |
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513.2 SLO Sloat, Teri |
From one to One Hundred Illustrations of people and animals introduce the numbers one through ten and then, counting by tens, move on up to one hundred. |
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513.2 PAL Pallotta, Jerry |
Ocean Counting Presents illustrations of various fish from the ocean, counting them, in odd numbers, from 1 to 50. |
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513.2 PAL Pallotta, Jerry |
Underwater Counting ext and pictures of marine animals teach young readers to count the even numbers up to fifty. |
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513.2 SAY Sayre, April |
One is a Snail Ten Is a Crab Introduces the numbers one through ten by looking at creatures with different numbers of feet, and includes counting by tens to one hundred. |
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513.2 TAN Tang, Greg |
Math Fables A series of rhymes about animals introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as examples of such behaviors as cooperation, friendship, and appreciation. |
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513.2 TAN Tang, Greg
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Math Fables Too Fables about ocean, jungle, desert, and lake animals teach about number groupings and counting, laying the groundwork for addition. |
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513.2 WIL Williams, Rozanne |
The Coin Counting Book A counting book using everyday coins to depict counting as well as simple math concepts |
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513.5 HUL Hulme, Joy N. |
Sea Squares Rhyming text and illustrations of such sea animals as whale, gulls, clown fish, and seal provide opportunities to practice counting and squaring numbers from one to ten. |
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513.5 SCH Schmandt, Denise |
The History of Counting Describes the evolution of counting and the many ways to count and write numbers. |
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595.7 PAL Pallotta, Jerry |
The Icky Bug Counting Book A counting book with facts and illustrations of little-known insects. |
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811 FRA Franco, Betsy |
Counting Our Way to the 100th Day Presents a collection of one hundred poems that follow a school year to the hundredth day, each featuring the number one hundred. |
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954 HAS Haskins, James |
Count Your Way Through India An introduction to the land and people of India accompanied by instruction on how to read and pronounce the numbers one through ten in Hindi. |
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DECIMAL SYSTEM
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513.5 SCH Schwartz, David M. |
On Beyond a Million Explores counting by powers of ten all the way up to the largest numbers that exist. |
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513.5 WEL Wells, Robert E. |
Can You Count to a Googol? Introduces the concepts of very large numbers, up to a googol, and multiples of ten. |
DIVISION
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E PIN Pinczes, Elinor J |
One Hundred Hungry Ants One hundred hungry ants head towards a picnic to get yummies for their tummies. They stop to change their line formation, showing different divisions of one hundred, causing them to lose both time and food in the end. |
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A Remainder of One When the queen of the bugs demands that her army march in even lines, Private Joe divides the marchers into more and more lines so that he will not be left out of the parade. |
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513.2 MUR Murphy, Stuart J. |
Give Me Half! Introduces the concept of halves using a simple rhyming story about a brother and sister who do not want to share their food. |
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513.2 NAG Nagda, Ann |
Cheetah Math Uses information about the cheetahs who live in the San Diego Zoo to teach children about division. |
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ESTIMATING
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519.5 GOL Goldstone, Bruce |
Great Estimations Photographs and easy-to-follow text teach children about estimations and offer tips to help them create accurate estimates. |
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519.5 MUR Murphy, Stuart J. |
Coyotes All Around A pack of coyotes tries to determine how many roadrunners and other creatures are in their vicinity, and while some count different groups and add their totals together, Clever Coyote rounds off and estimates. |
FRACTIONS
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E PIN Pinczes, Elinor J. |
Inchworm and a Half Several small worms use their varying lengths to measure the vegetables in a garden |
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FIC DAH Dahl, Roald |
Esio Trot Shy Mr. Hoppy devises a plan to win the heart of his true love by teaching her a spell to make her tortoise grow bigger. |
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513 EKE Ekeland, Ivar |
The Cat in Numberland Chaos threatens among the numbers and letters in Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert's Hotel Infinity when the Fractions arrive, demanding rooms. |
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513.2 ADL Adler, David A.
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Fraction Fun A basic introduction to the concept of fractions.
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513.2 DOD Dodds, Dayle |
Full House: An Invitation to Fractions A rhyming introduction to fractions in which Miss Bloom, proprietor of the Strawberry Inn, discovers five guests eating her cake in the middle of the night. |
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513.2 LEE Leedy, Loreen |
Fraction Action Miss Prime and her animal students explore fractions by finding many examples in the world around them |
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513.2 McM McMillan, Bruce |
Eating Fractions Food is cut into halves, quarters, and thirds to illustrate how parts make a whole. Simple recipes included. |
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513.2 MUR Murphy, Stuart J. |
Give Me Half! Introduces the concept of halves using a simple rhyming story about a brother and sister who do not want to share their food. |
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513.2 NAG Nagda, Ann |
Polar Bear Math Uses charts and recipes for bear milk prepared for two baby polar bears born in a zoo to teach about fractions. |
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GEOMETRY
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Baum, Arline |
Opt: An Illusionary Tale A magical tale of optical illusions, in which objects seem to shift color and size while images appear and disappear |
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E FRI Friedman, Aileen |
A Cloak for the Dreamer When a tailor asks each of his three sons to make a cloak for the archduke, the third son's design reveals his desire to travel the world rather than follow in his father's footsteps. |
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398.2 DEM Demi |
One Grain of Rice A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl. |
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516 EMB Emberly, Ed |
The Wing on a Flea Simple rhyming text and illustrations guide the reader to see triangles, rectangles, and circles in everyday things. |
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516 NEU Neuschwander, Cindy
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Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi Radius, son of Sir Cumference, embarks on a quest to find the magic number known as pi in order to restore his father--who has been turned into a dragon--to his original shape. |
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516 NEU Neuschwander, Cindy |
Sir Cumference and the First Round Table A math adventure in which King Arthur finds the perfect shape for his table with the ideas of his wife and son, and the assistance of his knight, Sir Cumference. |
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516 NEU Neuschwander, Cindy
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Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland To earn his knighthood, Radius must find and rescue a missing king. His father, Sir Cumference, and his mother, Lady Di of Ameter, give him a circular medallion, (a protractor), that he uses to find his way through a maze of many angles. |
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516 NEU Neuschwander, Cindy
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Sir Cumference and the Isle of Immeter Young Per and her cousin Radius set out to unlock the secret of Immeter before the sea serpent finds them. |
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516 NEU Neuschwander, Cindy
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Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone Sir Cumference, Radius, and Sir Vertex search for Edgecalibur, the sword that King Arthur has hidden in a geometric solid. |
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516.22 ELL Ellis, Judy |
What's Your Angle, Pythagorus? in ancient Greece, young Pythagoras discovers a special number pattern (the Pythagorean theorem) and uses it to solve problems involving right triangles. |
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591.4 JEN Jenkins, Steve |
Actual Size Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals. |
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628.9 McM McMillan, Bruce M. |
Fire Engine Shapes Photographs of various parts of a fire engine depict different geometrical shapes. |
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GRAPHING
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E LEE Leedy, Loreen |
The Great Graph Contest Gonk and Beezy, two amphibian friends, hold a contest to see who can make better graphs. |
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E MUR Murphy, Stuart J.
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Lemonade for Sale The Elm Street Kids' Club decides to sell lemonade to earn money to fix up their clubhouse and they use a graph to keep track of their sales. |
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FIC SCI Scieszka, Jon |
Math Curse When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse. |
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398.2 STE Stevens, Janet |
The Tortoise and the Hare: an Aesop Fable Recounts the race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise.
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510 BOD Bodach, Vijaya |
Pie Graphs Explains how to read a pie graph, presenting several examples involving food, time, and money. |
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511 NAG Nagda, Ann |
Tiger Math Describes the growth of an orphan Siberian tiger cub, by means of words and graphs. |
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GROUPING
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E SLA Slater, Teddy |
Stay in Line Twelve children on a class trip to the zoo have fun grouping themselves into lines of different sizes.
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510 TAN Tang, Greg |
Math-terpieces A series of rhymes about artists and their works introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as such artistic styles as cubism, pointillism, and surrealism. |
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513.2 TAN Tang, Greg
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Math Fables Math Fables series of rhymes about animals introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as examples of such behaviors as cooperation, friendship, and appreciation. |
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513.2 TAN Tang, Greg |
Math Fables Too Fables about ocean, jungle, desert, and lake animals teach about number groupings and counting, laying the groundwork for addition. |
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MATHEMATICS
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E BOW Bowen, Ann |
The Great Math Tattle Battle Harley Harrison, the biggest tattle-tale and best math student in second grade, meets his match in both areas when Emma Jean Smith joins him Mr. Hall's class. |
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E KRO Kroll, Virginia |
Equal Shmequal In order to have fun at a game of tug-of-war, forest animals balance the teams by using a see-saw. |
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FIC SCI Scieszka, Jon |
Math Curse When the teacher tells her class that they can think of almost everything as a math problem, one student acquires a math anxiety which becomes a real curse. |
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398.2 DEM Demi |
One Grain of Rice A reward of one grain of rice doubles day by day into millions of grains of rice when a selfish raja is outwitted by a clever village girl. |
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510 CLE Clemson, Wendy |
Treasure Hunt in the Jungle Describes the mathematical skills used by treasure hunters, with realistic math problems and puzzles that show students the connection between math and everyday life. |
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510 MAR Martin, Janelle |
ABC Math Riddles A collection of twenty-six riddles, one for each letter of the alphabet, that describe mathematical operations, shapes, and other concepts and ask the reader "What am I?" |
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510 SCH Schwartz, David M. |
G is for Googol Explains the meaning of mathematical terms which begin with the different letters of the alphabet from abacus, binary, and cubit to zillion. |
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510 VOR Vorderman, Carol |
How Math Works Provides puzzles, tricks, and educational experiments designed to help students ages eight through fourteen discover how math works, with ideas and activities for learning about numbers, proportions, algebra, statistics, measurements, shapes, and logic. |
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513 CLE Clemson, Wendy |
Zookeeper for a Day Describes the mathematical skills used by zookeepers in their jobs, with realistic math problems and puzzles that show students the connection between math and everyday life. |
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513 LEW Lewis, Patrick J. |
Arithme-tickle Rhyming text and illustrations present a variety of math problems |
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513 MUR Murphy, Stuart J. |
Dinosaur Deals Children learn about equivalent values by reading about how Mike and Andy trade dinosaur trading cards. |
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513 MUR Murphy, Stuart J.
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Earth Day--Hooray! A drive to recycle cans on Earth Day teaches the children of the Maple Street School Save-the-Planet Club about place value. |
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516 NEU Neuschwander, Cindy |
Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi Radius, son of Sir Cumference, embarks on a quest to find the magic number known as pi in order to restore his father--who has been turned into a dragon--to his original shape. |
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793.7 ANN Anno |
Anno's Math Games Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of multiplication, sequence and ordinal numbering, measurement, and direction. |
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Anno's Math Games II Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of abstract thinking, circuitry, geometry, and topology. |
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Anno's Math Games III Picture puzzles, games, and simple activities introduce the mathematical concepts of abstract thinking, circuitry, geometry, and topology. |
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811 FRA Franco, Betsy |
Mathematickles! A collection of poems written in the form of mathematical problems and grouped according to seasonal themes. |
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818 HOL Holub, Joan |
Riddle-iculous Math Teaches math through humorously illustrated riddles, covering addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and fractions |
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Take Me To Your Liter A collection of jokes and riddles about science and math, including "What does a hungry math teacher like to eat? A square meal." |
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MONEY
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E AXE Axelrod, Amy |
Pigs Will Be Pigs The hungry Pig family learns about money and buying power as they turn the house upside down looking for enough money to buy dinner at the local restaurant. |
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E BRI Brisson, Pat |
Benny's Pennies Benny sets off in the morning with five shiny new pennies to spend and eventually buys something for his mother, brother, sister, dog, and cat. |
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E HOB Hoban, Tana |
26 Letters and 99 Cents Works issued back-to-back and inverted. Color photographs of letters, numbers, coins, and common objects introduce the alphabet, coinage, and the counting system. |
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E KEN Kennedy, Frances |
Pickle Patch Bathtub Complaining of legs grown too long for the kitchen washtub, a farm family's children set out to earn enough money for a real bathtub. |
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E MUR Murphy, Stuart J. |
Lemonade for Sale he Elm Street Kids' Club decides to sell lemonade to earn money to fix up their clubhouse and they use a graph to keep track of their sales. |
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E VIO Viorst, Judith |
Alexander, Who Used to be Rich Last Sunday Although Alexander and his money are quickly parted, he comes to realize all the things that can be done with a dollar. |
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332.024 GOD Godfrey, Neale S. |
Neale S. Godfrey's Ultimate Kids' Money Book Provides an overview of economics and money, including earning, spending, saving, checks and credit cards, banks, and the history of money. |
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332.024 SCH Schwartz, David M. |
If You Made a Million Describes the various forms which money can take, including coins, paper money, and personal checks, and how it can be used to make purchases, pay off loans, or build interest in the bank. |
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332.4 CRI Cribb, Joe |
Money Examines, in text and photographs, the symbolic and material meaning of money, from shekels, shell, and beads to gold, silver, checks and credit cards. |
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332.4 LEE Leedy, Loreen |
Follow the Money! A quarter describes all the ways it is used from the time it is minted until it is taken back to a bank. |
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332.4 MAE Maestro, Betty |
The Story of Money A history of money, beginning with the barter system in ancient times, to the first use of coins and paper money, to the development of modern monetary systems. |
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332.4 McM McMillan, Bruce
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Jelly Beans for Sale Shows how different combinations of pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters can buy varying amounts of jelly beans. Includes information on how jelly beans are made. |
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513.2 WIL Williams, Rozanne |
The Coin Counting Book A counting book using everyday coins to depict counting as well as simple math concepts |
MULTIPLICATION
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E APP Appelt, Kathi |
Bats on Parade On a midsummer's night the Marching Bat Band makes a rare appearance, its members grouped in formations that demonstrate multiplication from two times two up to ten times ten. |
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E DOD Dodds, Dayle |
Minnie's Diner Rhyming tale of five boys and their father who forget about their chores on the farm to enjoy Minnie's good cooking, each requesting double what the previous one ordered. |
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E NEU Neuschwander, Cindy |
Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream Amanda loves to count everything, but not until she has an amazing dream does she finally realize that being able to multiply will help her count things faster. |
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FIC MIL |
7 X 9 = Trouble! Third-grader Wilson struggles with his times-tables in order to beat the class deadline. |
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398.2 HON Hong, Lily |
Two of Everything A poor old Chinese farmer finds a magic brass pot that doubles or duplicates whatever is placed inside it, but his efforts to make himself wealthy lead to unexpected complications. |
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513.2 ANN ANNO |
Anno's Mysterious Multiplying Jar Simple text and pictures introduce the mathematical concept of factorials. |
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513.2 Lee Leedy, Loreen
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2 X 2= Boo! Spooky characters, including witches, ghosts, and bats, introduce the multiplication facts from zero through five.
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513.2 MAT Matthews, Louise
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Bunches and Bunches of Bunnies Busy bunnies demonstrate multiplication operations from 1 to 12 |
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513.2 TAN Tang, Greg |
The Best of Times Simple rhymes offer hints on how to multiply any number by zero through ten without memorizing the multiplication tables. |
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513.5 HUL Hulme, Joy N. |
Sea Squares Rhyming text and illustrations of such sea animals as whale, gulls, clown fish, and seal provide opportunities to practice counting and squaring numbers from one to ten. |
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NUMBERS
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510 BAL Ball, Johnny
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Go Figure! Presents a collection of math activities that include brainteasers, magic tricks, and mind-reading games. |
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513 EKE Ekeland, Ivar
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The Cat in Numberland Chaos threatens among the numbers and letters in Mr. and Mrs. Hilbert's Hotel Infinity when the Fractions arrive, demanding rooms.
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513.2 ANN Anno |
Anno's Counting Book Introduces counting and number systems by showing mathematical relationships in nature.
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513.2 CHW Chwast, Seymour |
The 12 Circus Rings Introduces the numbers from one to twelve using the animals, acrobats, and clowns at the circus |
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513.2 MUR Murphy, Stuart J. |
Henry the Fourth Simple story about four dogs at a dog show introduces the ordinal numbers: first, second, third, and fourth. |
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513.2 MUR Murphy, Stuart J
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100 Days of Cool Four students arrive on the first day of school looking cool and their teacher challenges them to keep it up as they count down one hundred days to a cool celebration |
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513.2 SCH Schwartz, David M. |
How Much is a Million? Text and pictures try to make possible the conceptualization of a million, a billion, and a trillion. |
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Roman Numerals I to MM Introduces Roman numerals, and by counting pigs in the illustrations the reader can reinforce the mathematical concept. |
Probability & Predicting
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519.2 CUS Cushman, Jean |
Do You Wanna Bet? Two boys find that the most ordinary events and activities such as card games, coin flips, sports scores and statistics, and even weather prediction are dependent on the subtle interplay of many factors of chance and probability. |
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519.2 LEE Leedy, Loreen |
It's Probably Penny After learning about probability at school, Lisa has to complete an assignment and find things that fit into the categories of will, might, and cannot happen. |
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519.2 MUR Murphy, Stuart J. |
Same Old Horse Uses the story of a horse who strives to be unpredictable to teach children how to look at past events and make predictions about the future. |
PROBLEM SOLVING
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E VAN Van Allsburg, Chris
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Jumanji Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game.
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510 SAC Sachar, Louis
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More Sideways Arithmetic from Wayside School Try solving the more than fifty math brainteasers along with the kids from Mrs. Jewis's class. |
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510 TAN Tang, Greg |
Math Appeal Rhyming anecdotes present opportunities for simple math activities and hints for solving |
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510 TAN Tang, Greg |
Math-terpieces A series of rhymes about artists and their works introduces counting and grouping numbers, as well as such artistic styles as cubism, pointillism, and surrealism. |
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513.2 ADL Adler, David A. |
You can, Toucan, Math A collection of bird-themed number riddles that may be solved using addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division. |
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793.7 TAN Tang, Greg |
The Grapes of Math Illustrated riddles introduce strategies for solving a variety of math problems by using visual clues. |
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793.74 TAN Tang, Greg |
Math Potatoes Presents a colorful collection of rhymes and riddles that help children ages seven through twelve develop their math and problem-solving skills. |
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RATIO & PROPORTION
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E MUR Murphy, Stuart, J. |
The Best Bug Parade A variety of different bugs compare their relative sizes while going on parade |
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E VAN Van Allsburg, Chris |
Jumanji Left on their own for an afternoon, two bored and restless children find more excitement than they bargained for in a mysterious and mystical jungle adventure board game. |
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398.2 STE Stevens, Janet
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The Tortoise and the Hare: an Aesop Fable Recounts the race between the boastful hare and the persevering tortoise. |
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513.2 CLE Clement, Rod |
Counting on Frank A boy and his dog present amusing counting, size comparison, and mathematical facts. |
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513.2 SCH Schwartz, David M.
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If Dogs Were Dinosaurs Explores the concepts of ratio and proportion by growing or shrinking various objects by the same amounts. |
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513.2 SCH Schwartz, David M. |
If You Hopped Like a Frog Introduces the concept of ratio by comparing what humans would be able to do if they had bodies like different animals. |
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530.8 HAR Harris, Nicholas |
How Tall? Compares, in text and illustrations, the relative heights and lengths of various animals, plants, insects, fish, buildings, waterfalls, and mountains. |
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591.4 JEN Jenkins, Steve |
Actual Size Discusses and gives examples of the size and weight of various animals and parts of animals. |
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SUBTRACTION
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E DUK Duke, Kate
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Twenty is too Many A tale of twenty adventurous guinea pigs on sea and land illustrates the process of subtraction as their numbers dwindle.
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E GIG Giganti, Paul
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How Many Blue Birds Flew Away? A youngster contemplates many number and counting problems throughout the day, at home and at school.
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E McK McKissack, Pat |
A Million Fish--More or Less A boy learns that the truth is often stretched on the Bayou Clapateaux, and gets the chance to tell his own version of a bayou tale when he goes fishing. |
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E REI Reiser, Lynn |
Hardworking Puppies One by one, ten energetic puppies find important jobs as dogs who help people in different ways, including by pulling sleds and saving swimmers. |
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513.2 CLE Cleary, Brian P. |
The Action of Subtraction Presents a humorous rhyme that illustrates basic subtraction concepts |
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Subtraction Action Introduces subtraction through the activities of animal students at a school fair; includes problems for the reader to solve |
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513.2 MUR Murphy, Stuart J. |
Shark Swimathon As members of a swim team do laps to qualify for swim camp, readers can practice subtracting two-digit numbers to see how many laps are left to go. |
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513.2 NAG Nagda, Ann |
Panda Math Presents a book for young readers that teaches subtractions kills through a study about Giant Pandas. |
SYMMETRY
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512.9 MUR Murphy, Stuart J. |
Let's Fly a Kite Two squabbling siblings learn about symmetry when their babysitter helps them build and fly a kite. |
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TIME
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E APP Appelt, Kathi |
Bats Around the Clock Click Dark hosts a special twelve-hour program of American Bat Stand where the bats rock and roll until the midnight hour ends. |
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E AXE Axelrod, Amy |
Pigs on a Blanket Because the Pig family has so many delays in getting to the beach, when they finally are ready to swim they find that the beach is closed. |
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E McC McCaughrean, Geraldine |
My Grandmother's Clock A child, wondering why Grandma doesn't have the grandfather clock in her house repaired, learns that there are many ways to measure time, from the moment it takes to blink an eye to the years shown in gray hairs. |
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529 KOS Koscielniak, Bruce |
About Time Describes the concept of time and how it has been measured throughout history, using water clocks, sundials, calendars, and atomic vibrations. |