Monster Math School Time (level 1) (Hello Reader, Math) [Paperback]

Grace Maccarone (Author), Marge Hartelius (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1997 | Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Hello Reader, Math

A follow-up book to Monster Math finds endearing monsters sharing rollicking times as they spell at nine o'clock, enjoy show-and-tell at ten o'clock, and more. Original."

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2?Two beginning readers with rhyming texts and colorful illustrations. The math concepts are evident but do not overpower the stories. The concluding activities can be used in a variety of ways with different age groups. Through a cumulative rhyme, The 512 Ants presents the concept of doubling numbers. A little girl and her caregiver start off on a picnic and "1 ant" sees them through his telescope. Then two ants appear, then four?until 512 ants "had a picnic with goodies to eat, down in their ant hole on Sullivan Street." Merrell's illustrations are humorous and imaginative, especially in the way he shows the ants using various parts of the picnic fare to help get food out of the basket. Monster Math presents a day in the life of 12 different monsters, from their 6:00 a.m. wake-up through their day at school, until bedtime at 8:00 p.m. The author includes quarter-hour times, which are not often found in books for this age group. Two clocks appear on each page, one digital and one with hands. Hartelius's monsters create a very diverse, amusing school population. She has also provided some interesting details in the background illustrations. Readers will chuckle at some of the funny faces on the teapots and candlesticks and the strange animals the monsters take for show-and-tell. Two books with definite child appeal.?Mary Ann Bursk, Bucks County Free Library, Levittown,
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel (September 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590308599
• ISBN-13: 978-0590308595
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,106,838 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Grace Maccarone is the author of many children's books, including Mother, May I?, Thank You Prayer, and Bless Me. She lives in Greenburg, New York.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars To simple to use to help teach telling (analog) time, August 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Monster Math School Time (level 1) (Hello Reader, Math) (Paperback)

This book would probably be fun for a 3 or 4 year old who is learning to associate the time of day with different types of activities (e.g., breakfast at 8am). However, I bought it to help my 6 yr. old learn how to read an old fashioned analog clock (he's quite proficient at decoding the digital ones) and it doesn't do that trick well. For one, the text/story line is very simple and each time is generally 1 hour after the previous one (a few at 1/2 hr intervals), making guessing easy. Also, I didn't realize until after I bought it that each page has pictures of both digital and analog clock faces that relate to the time of day the text refers to. As a result, to use it I have to try to cover the digital clock face with my finger before he can take a peek at it.