What if Jack wasn't the only one to climb the beanstalk? Raymond Briggs brings a new generation to an old tale with humor, math, and imagination. After discovering a beanstalk growing outside of his window one morning, Jim decides to do what any person in a similar situation would do—he climbs it. At the top he finds the unexpected: a castle and a giant in need of a friend. Children and ad…
Take cloth and buttons and thread. Add a classic nursery rhyme and a counting game. Stitch them together and what do you have? A patchwork of numbers and fun! With bold and beautiful quilted illustrations, author-illustrator Anna Grossnickle Hines has created a read-aloud that's sure to become a cozy household favorite.
A must for any bookcase, these sturdy, hard-cover storybooks combine basic concepts with familiar sights and themes of a young child's world. Each book contains 24 pages of glowing, full-color illustrations that will enchant and amuse for hours on end.
In sensational (and highly unlikely) newspaper stories, readers can count giant banjos, carrot icicles, pickle balloons, and jelly faucets. Max Grover’s paintings, with their intense color and unexpected juxtapositions, make counting more fun than a car with sixteen wheels on one side! “The paintings are wonderously bright, oscillating between campy humor and pure absurdity. A full-blast ch…
Ever wonder just what a million of something means? How about a billion? Or a trillion? Marvelosissimo the mathematical magician can teach you! How Much Is a Million? knocks complex numbers down to size in a fun, humorous way, helping children conceptualize a difficult mathematical concept. It's a math class you'll never forget. This classic picture book is an ALA Notable Book, a Reading …