Grandpa Gazillion's Number Yard - Softcover

Keller, Laurie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1250095379 ISBN 13: 9781250095374

Publisher: Square Fish, 2016

Synopsis

Don't you hate when your eyebrows fall into your soup? Dig them out with a SIX―it's a great eyebrow scoop!

If you ever thought that numbers were only for counting―think again! At Grandpa Gazillion's Number Yard, numbers have all sorts of uses that can come in handy when in a pinch. For instance, a two can be used as a saxophone, a ten makes a great pogo stick, and a fourteen is a terrific sailboat. So head over to Grandpa Gazillion's Number Yard and stock up on numbers, because you never know when you just might need them!

In her signature style, Laurie Keller has created a wonderfully inventive counting book―from one to twenty―that will keep children laughing and learning.

About this title

About the Author:

Laurie Keller is the acclaimed author-illustrator of Do Unto Otters, The Scrambled States of America, Open Wide: Tooth School Inside, and Bowling Alley Bandit, Invasion of the Ufonots and The Spinny Icky Showdown, Books One, Two and Three in the Adventures of Arnie the Doughnut series. Laurie Keller lives on the shore of Lake Michigan.

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2–Another showcase for the truly offbeat imagination of the creator of The Scrambled States of America (1998) and Arnie the Doughnut (2003, both Holt). Here, Grandpa presents 20 numerals and describes in rhyme how Numbers aren't used just for counting these days./Old numbers help people in many new ways. Flying over a volcano of hot mac 'n' cheese, he displays the usefulness of a ONE's natural physique, as it turns into a trapeze bar, allowing him to swing over and add just the right amount of salt. A TWO transforms into a nifty saxophone for jamming in outer space, as he sits on a crescent moon and plays. A THREE turned sideways can comfort your backside should you ever find yourself taking a long ride on a double-humped camel. Eyebrows in your soup? Dig them out with a SIX–it's a great eyebrow scoop! And so it goes as the book presents lots of nutty solutions to not-so-common situations. The colorful acrylic illustrations are comical, exaggerated, and stuffed with plenty of humorous details. Readers who look closely will find the Wicked Witch of the West and Rapunzel, as well as some bad puns. The rhyme is forced at times and the humor pretty far out, but children should enjoy this goofy book's wackiness.–Roxanne Burg, Orange County Public Library, CA
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About this edition

• Publisher: Square Fish
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1250095379
• ISBN 13: 9781250095374
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Keller Laurie