Bedtime math

Laura Overdeck

Book - 2013

Over 100 kid-friendly story math problems on topics from jalapeños and submarines to roller coasters and flamingos, designed to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives.

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Published
New York : Feiwel and Friends 2013.
Language
English
Main Author
Laura Overdeck (author)
Other Authors
Jim Paillot (illustrator)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
85 pages : color illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN
9781250035851
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Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

Overdeck debuts with a just-irreverent-enough book based on bedtimemath.org, the phenomenally successful math education Web site she created. Instead of dividing her book by arithmetic operation, she uses ripped-from-cable-TV themes ("Exploding Food," "Sports You Shouldn't Try at Home") and breezy reality-based topics to tee up three levels of challenge: "Wee ones" (for those still counting on fingers), "Little kids" (simple arithmetic), and "Big kids" (bigger numbers, more complex problems). Whether Overdeck is asking readers to noodle on the Scoville scale of pepper hotness ("Habanero peppers score 350,000, and some peppers actually crack 1 million") or the speed of a cheetah ("They're zooming faster than the cars on a highway, and without ever getting a speeding ticket"), she shows that she knows her audience and loves her subject. Paillot (the My Weird School series) is a great choice for collaborator: called upon to illustrate everything from praying mantises to human cannonballs, he does it all with a good-hearted, goofy energy that should propel readers through the pages. Ages 3-8. Author's agent: Cathy Hemming, Cathy D. Hemming Literary Agency. (June) © Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.