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Scholastic Reader Level 3: Even Steven and Odd Todd

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I read this book in my second grade class. This is a funny book. Even Steven likes everything even. Odd Todd likes everything odd. For example, Even Steven would like 8 pancakes and Odd Todd would like 7 pancakes. Even Steven goes through hard work with Odd Todd. Then, Even Steven notices that odd and even are both good. My favorite part was when Odd Todd and Even Steven win their $50 prize.

My 8 year old had this book on her school reading list. She loved it and has read it many times. She thought it was really funny and loved the part about the gummy worms on the pizza. Any book that gets a child to read is all right with me.

This book is great for kids who love math but may not find standard children's fiction interesting. My kindergarten has a fascination with numbers so she really liked the way the story wove in the math concepts. It's an enjoyable read.

Very cute story of two boys driven by even numbers or odd numbers. Brings the concept "home" to little minds.

Cute book, but not much math value. Steven and Todd are cousins with opposite personalities, and that's where the fun comes in. Steven likes everything even-numbered, but Todd prefers odd. Todd is even drawn oddly, with odd accessories and habits, while Steven is drawn straight-laced. Cute, eh?

The book was better for showing the adjectives "even" as "measured and orderly" versus "odd" as "off-kilter and zany" than for showing the math values.

But the kids enjoy reading it. We'll keep it, it's just not what I was hoping for.

My 2 1/2 year old loves this book. I have read it many times. I first heard about it when a mom at a park was reciting it from memory to her 2 year old. It is a very fun book and a great way to introduce the concept of odd and even numbers. Also, the pictures are very fun and my son loves counting all of the fish, cats, gerbils, etc on the pages. So, he is definitely developing his counting too.