What Is Math?
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What is math? So many things! Counting and calendars, weights and fractions, shapes and distances, charting and graphing. Math is the way we measure and code our world, from seasons to clocks, recipes, classrooms, and beyond. Math is all around us!
Readers will be introduced to:
- Graphs and charts--in the form of pizza pies!
- Counting and weight--when baking a cake!
- Shapes and word problems--to build a spaceship!
This rousing read aloud offers an engaging and accessible introduction to math--perfect for sparking an early interest in STEM subjects for preschool and early elementary school children. And be sure to keep an eye out for a friendly black cat and white dog on each spread as they participate in the math-related hijinks!
An NSTA-CBC 2023 Best STEM Book of the Year
"A great way to show even the math-averse or math-phobic the many ways that math is hiding in their everyday lives." --Kirkus Reviews
Rebecca Dotlich
Poet and picture book author Rebecca Kai Dotlich has written several children's books, including Grandpa Loves, illustrated by Kathryn Brown; Over in the Pink House: New Jump-Rope Rhymes, illustrated by Melanie Hall; and What is Science?, illustrated by Sachiko Yoshikawa. This is her first title in the I Can Read Book line. She lives in Indiana.
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