Full House: An Invitation to Fractions
by Dayle Ann Dodds (Author) Abby Carter (Illustrator)
Fresh, whimsical illustrations fairly float off the pages. Rhyming text invites readers. . . . A fun choice for reinforcing the concept of fractions. -- School Library Journal Miss Bloom runs the Strawberry Inn, and she loves visitors. All through the day she welcomes a cast of hilarious characters until all the rooms are taken. It's a full house! But in the middle of the night, Miss Bloom senses that something is amiss -- and sure enough, the guests are all downstairs eating dessert. Readers will be inspired to do the math and discover that one delicious cake divided by five hungry guests and one doting hostess equals a perfect midnight snack at the Strawberry Inn. Piece of cake!
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Repetitious phrasing and rollicking rhymes make this a good choice for younger readers, as do the visuals used to portray fractional amounts
—Kirkus Reviews This colorful, upbeat picture book shows fractions in a nonthreatening manner and lets children, teachers and parents decide if they want to use the story as a springboard to further instruction.
—Booklist Abby Carter's illustrations are a riot.
—Sunday Republican Dodds' delightful rhymes make math not only fun but funny.
—Flint Journal [The] rhymes are pleasant and easy to read... Lessons are told in a manner so subtle that the story is never lost.
—Eclectica A clever and painless way of introducing a child to fractions.
—Central Coast Freelance
—Kirkus Reviews This colorful, upbeat picture book shows fractions in a nonthreatening manner and lets children, teachers and parents decide if they want to use the story as a springboard to further instruction.
—Booklist Abby Carter's illustrations are a riot.
—Sunday Republican Dodds' delightful rhymes make math not only fun but funny.
—Flint Journal [The] rhymes are pleasant and easy to read... Lessons are told in a manner so subtle that the story is never lost.
—Eclectica A clever and painless way of introducing a child to fractions.
—Central Coast Freelance
Dayle Ann Dodds
Dayle Ann Dodds is a former elementary school teacher with a degree in early childhood development. As she does in THE GREAT DIVIDE, Dayle Ann Dodds often writes in rhyme because "it is so natural to kids' ears. Rhyme, rhythm, and pattern help kids remember small revelations in entertaining stories," she says. Embedded in the exciting contest of THE GREAT DIVIDE, readers will find grouping, adding, subtracting, and multiplying, and discover how they form the foundation of division. Dayle Ann Dodds lives in Palo Alto, California. Tracy Mitchell was born in Boston but grew up in New Orleans, a city whose influence is evident in her art style. THE GREAT DIVIDE is Tracy Mitchell's first picture book, and she says that working with such a large number of characters was just one of the many challenges she faced in creating her paintings for the book. "Dividing the racers into crazy groups, like clowns, pirates, and dancers, definitely helped," she says. Tracy Mitchell lives in Somerville, Massachusetts.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780763641306
Lexile Measure
530
Guided Reading Level
I
Publisher
Candlewick Press (MA)
Publication date
August 20, 2009
Series
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BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV009030 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Counting & Numbers
JUV050000 - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
JUV009030 - Juvenile Fiction | Concepts | Counting & Numbers
JUV050000 - Juvenile Fiction | Cooking & Food
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