Double Those Wheels - Hardcover

Day, Nancy Raines

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0525468536 ISBN 13: 9780525468530

Publisher: Dutton Children's Books, 2003

Synopsis

Although he begins his delivery on a unicycle, Monkey's trip takes an unusual turn as the one wheel of the unicycle suddenly doubles and doubles again, transforming his vehicles along the way until he has 64 wheels by the time he reaches his destination.

About this title

About the Author:

Nancy Raines Day is the author of two previous books for children and has another upcoming title with Dutton.

Steve Haskamp has illustrated books by Carly Simon and Margery Cuyler. This is his Dutton debut.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2-Setting out to deliver pizza, an energetic monkey dressed in a red hat, bow tie, and shorts has problems from the start. His unicycle hits a rock, so he gets a bicycle. As each mode of transportation runs into difficulties, he moves on-to a car, tow truck, 16-wheeler, car carrier (with 32 wheels, counting the autos being transported), and train with 64 wheels. Finally, with a cow in the way, the monkey jumps into a hot-air balloon and the pizza arrives at a birthday party, "-on the dot.- good and hot!" The simple illustrations are bold, colorful, and humorous. Stuart J. Murphy's Double the Ducks (HarperCollins, 2003) is more complicated, and Loreen Leedy's sophisticated 2 X 2 = Boo! A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories (Holiday, 1995) concerns multiplying other numbers in addition to two. Children who love vehicles will adore this book. The text is very simple, and the math lesson is painless. A fun choice for storytimes.
Elaine Lesh Morgan, Multnomah County Library, Portland, OR
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About this edition

• Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0525468536
• ISBN 13: 9780525468530
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Haskamp Steve