The Greedy Triangle

Author: Marilyn Burns
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 9780590489911
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 48

Book Description
In this introduction to polygons, a triangle convinces a shapeshifter to make him a quadrilateral and later a pentagon, but discovers that where angles and sides are concerned, more isn't always better.

The Greedy Sparrow

Author:
Publisher: Marshall Cavendish
ISBN: 9780761458210
Category : Avarice
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A sparrow receives kindness from strangers and repays each act of kindness with a trick to get more, but at last, in a surprising twist, the sparrow is back with his original problem.

When a Line Bends . . . A Shape Begins

Author: Rhonda Gowler Greene
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547530986
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
A line is thin. A line is narrow—curved like a worm, straight as an arrow. Squares, circles, triangles, and many more shapes abound in this lively book. With jaunty, rhyming text, young readers are invited to find different shapes on each busy, vibrant page. Once you start looking, you won’t be able to stop! The perfect book for little ones beginning to distinguish shapes.

Leif and the Fall

Author: Allison Sweet Grant
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984815490
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Persistence and creativity can lead to amazing things, as Leif the leaf discovers in this lovely storybook from Allison Sweet Grant and Adam Grant, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Originals. Leif is a leaf. A worried leaf. It is autumn, and Leif is afraid to fall. "All leaves fall in the fall," say the other leaves. But Leif is determined to find a different way down, and with his friend Laurel, he uses the resources around him to create a net, a kite, a parachute in hopes of softening his landing. The clock is ticking, the wind is blowing. What will happen when a gust of wind pulls Leif from his branch? In a culture that prizes achievement, kids are often afraid to fail--failing to realize that some of the very ideas that don't work are steps along the path to ones that will.

Shapes That Roll

Author: Karen Nagel
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781609056889
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description

Math

Author: Marilyn Burns
Publisher: Math Solutions
ISBN: 0941355195
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 176

Book Description
Humorously Uncovers the Reasons Behind Math's Dreadful Reputation and Shows us How we Can Help Prevent Our Own Children From Adopting Similar Phobic Attitudes

Measuring Penny

Author:
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 0805065725
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Lisa's homework assignment is to measure something. The fun begins when she decides to measure her dog, Penny.

Math for Smarty Pants

Author: Marilyn Burns
Publisher: Little Brown & Company
ISBN: 9780316117388
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
Text, illustrations, and suggested activities offer a common-sense approach to mathematic fundamentals for those who are slightly terrified of numbers.

Shapes, Shapes, Shapes

Author: Tana Hoban
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0688147402
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
Whenever you are -- inside or outside -- there are shapes to discover. And with Tana Hoban's help you will begin to see them. Look around. How many circles, squares, stars, triangles, hearts, and rectangles can you see? They are everywhere!

The King's Commissioners

Author: Aileen Friedman
Publisher: Heinemann Educational Books
ISBN: 9780590489898
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
While trying to keep track of his many royal commissioners, the king learns some new ways of counting.