What's a Pair? What's a Dozen? - Softcover

Swinburne, Stephen R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1563978717 ISBN 13: 9781563978715

Publisher: Astra Young Readers, 2000

Synopsis

The world is filled with numbers. From learning to count their fingers to learning to put on their shoes, children encounter mathematical concepts early in life. Steve Swinburne introduces children to number-related words in this bouncy, colorful photo-essay. From one to a dozen, lively photographs illustrated math words such as single, double, couple, and prefixes such as uni-, bi-, and tri-. The second half of the book is presented as a guessing game. Following Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes and Guess Whose Shadow?, Steve Swinburne offers children another entertaining look at an all-important concept.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Swinburne is the author of many books, including Lots and Lots of Zebra Stripes; Guess Whose Shadow?; and Coyote: North America's Dog. He lives in Londonderry, Vermont.

From Kirkus Reviews:

Kids in colorful clothing pose for the series of bright color photographs that illustrate numerical terms such as single, pair, first, couple, many, few, odd, and even in a concept book for readers who have graduated from counting. Everything starts with one, begins a panel of pictures that depict a hot-air balloon, a rooster, a dog, and the moon, each cast dramatically against a bold background of blue sky, red barn, or green grass. Color and composition are key in explaining the meaning of couple (two fire engines), triple and third (a third grader holding a drippy triple scoop ice-cream cone), several (a laughing girls head piled high with hats), or a bakers dozen (a girl holding a box of twelve doughnuts, plus the one which shes about to devour). A unicycle, bicycle, and tricycle are used to illustrate the prefixes uni-, bi-, and tri-, while a series of pairs in the form of horses, boots, or outdoor telephones indicates things in doubles. The text is plain and simple, and halfway through, the book turns to questions, prompting readers to find the pair, the unicycle, the first in line, the even or odd number of friends, ending with, One and one make two. Sometimes thats just the right number. One complaint: with the exception of one photograph, every child in the book is white. That said, this attractive book by the author of Coyote (1999), etc., will inspire many young readers to look for numbers in their own immediate environments. (Picture book. 4-6)-- Copyright © 2000 Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

About this edition

• Publisher: Astra Young Readers
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1563978717
• ISBN 13: 9781563978715
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 32