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Once Upon a Dime: A Math Adventure

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Nancy Allen has written an outstanding story about a money tree that grows different coins/bills depending on what Farmer Worth uses to plant the tree. This book is not only a cute and entertaining story, but also supplies a useful tool to parents and teachers to teacher the value of money. It doesn't hurt that all of the animals in the book are named for various US presidents. I have used this book for years in my classroom and the students LOVE it.

Very cute story featuring a money tree and ... well, how to put this delicately?... the natural fertilizing properties of animal waste. It's a very funny book -- all the farm animals are named after famous Presidents and national heroes. I'm a read-aloud Mom with a family of boys, and I am glad I found this book. The kids request it OFTEN.

Educational benefit -- teaches the relative value of coins, lets your child practice multiplying money, helps teach about the relative sizes of farm animals. Packed with humor, which helps the educational material go down smoother.

Ultimate message of contentment.

Very nice that the Yuan pictured in the book isn't the side with the portrait of Chairman Mao. (Although that Three Gorges Dam is a human rights violation and an enormous scandal in its own right.)