One Hundred Hungry Ants

Author: Elinor J. Pinczes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547488904
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
This tale of ants parading toward a picnic is “one of those rare gems capable of entertaining while it instructs” (Middlesex News). One hundred hungry ants march off single file to sample a picnic, but when the going gets too slow, they divide into two rows of fifty, then four rows of twenty-five . . . until they take so long that the picnic is gone! “The unexpected pairing of sophisticated art and light-hearted text lends this book particular distinction.” —Publishers Weekly “The illustrations . . . use a pleasing palette and energetic lines to depict ants with highly individual characters.” —Horn Book

A Remainder of One

Author: Elinor J Pinczes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547349963
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
When the queen of her 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.

Inchworm and A Half

Author: Elinor J Pinczes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547530625
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
What’s a fraction? A puzzled inchworm finds out when she enlists the aid of H-inch, N-inch, and G-inch worms in her quest to measure all the vegetables in their garden. New lengths bring new fractions to conquer, but the clever worms prove equal to every challenge, triumphantly munching their way through this tasty tale of math and measuring.

Two of Everything

Author: Lily Toy Hong
Publisher: Albert Whitman & Company
ISBN: 0807593346
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 34

Book Description
Editors' Choice: Books for Youth 1993, Booklist 100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know, The New York Public Library 1995-1996 Utah Children's Picture Book Award 1997-1998 Young Hoosier Book Award List (Indiana) Kaleidoscope, A Multicultural Booklist for Grades K-8, NCTE 1997 When old Mr. Haktak digs up a curious brass pot in his garden, he has no idea what use it can be. On his way home, Mr. Haktak decides to carry his coin purse in the mysterious pot. But when Mrs. Haktak's hairpin accidentally slips into the pot and she reaches in to retrieve it, the magic of the pot is revealed. Not only are there two hairpins inside, but there are also two purses!

One Hundred is a Family Board Book

Author: Pam Ryan
Publisher: Hyperion Books for Children
ISBN: 9780786804054
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Groups making up many different kinds of "families" introduce the numbers from one to ten and then by tens to one hundred. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Ant and Grasshopper

Author: Luli Gray
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1416951407
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Work and play are both important, in this fresh, heartwarming take on a classic fable from Aesop. Full color.

Counting on Frank

Author: Rod Clement
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
ISBN: 9780836803587
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A boy and his dog present amusing counting, size comparison, and mathematical facts.

My Full Moon is Square

Author: Elinor J Pinczes
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547561946
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37

Book Description
The moon changes phases, of this, we’re aware; but who ever heard of a full moon that’s square? It appears at the pond on the darkest of nights, when the bright little fireflies turn on their lights. It’s hard to read after dark, and a frog at the local pond is having just that problem. Realizing the frog’s dilemma, a number of bright fireflies offer to help by illuminating the sky above him with both derring-do and a knack for mathematical precision. Through a series of square formations, the flies tirelessly search for the right equation to light the pond on a moonless night. Children will learn with ease from this creative tale about the power of co-operation and simple math.

Miss Smith and the Haunted Library

Author: Michael Garland
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101587512
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

Book Description
A wonderful Halloween adventure with Miss Smith and her students Miss Smith's students know to expect the unexpected when she reads from her magical book. This time, Miss Smith takes her kids to the eerie library down the block and introduces them to the weird librarian, Virginia Creeper. But per usual, storytime is never ordinary when reading from Miss Smith's Incredible Storybook. And what starts out as a run-of-the-mill field trip soon becomes a full-out monster bash!

My Baby Blue Jays

Author: John Berendt
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101643692
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 36

Book Description
A blue jay building a nest outside his window prompts John Berendt to find his camera and record the familiar, yet always fascinating sequence of events that will unfold, from eggs being laid to chicks emerging and trying to fly. Children and adults alike will be astonished at the adventurous spirit of one particularly curious young blue jay as he ventures into the world. The author of the best-selling Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil brings his narrative skill to this up-close and delightfully informal account of an event that recurs each spring.