512 Ants on Sullivan Street (Hello Reader, Math, Level 4, Grade 2 & 3) [Paperback]

Carol Losi (Author), Patrick Merrell (Illustrator), Marilyn Burns (Collaborator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

Featuring activities by a nationally acclaimed math educator and the author of The I Hate Mathematics Book, a whimsical mathematics skill-builder finds a number of ants helping themselves to a family picnic. Original. Reading level, 2.5."

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,
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist

Gr. 1^-2. A little girl watches as a series of ants (a mathematical series, first 1, then 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc.) liberate the goodies from her family's picnic basket and carry them away. Bright, cartoonlike art will keep children's interest despite the purposeful, pedagogical underpinnings of the story. Why the child lets the ants abscond with everything from cheese to fudge cake to take-out Chinese food is never explained, but it's hard not to sympathize with the industrious ants, who work hard to turn the picnic on Sullivan Street into a joyous underground feast. Like others in the Hello Math Reader series, this book ends with several pages of activities related to the theme (in this case, doubling numbers). Carolyn Phelan

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 48 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel Books (August 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590308769
• ISBN-13: 978-0590308762
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,001,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging rhymes and recurring numerical refrain., December 22, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: 512 Ants on Sullivan Street (Hello Reader, Math, Level 4, Grade 2 & 3) (Paperback)

Engaging rhymes and recurring numberical refrain made this book a favorite of my 3 year old. Fun to read and replete with follow-on exercises building on the concept of "doubling". Highly recommended.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easily Learned Math Concept While Enjoying the Story, February 15, 2002

By 

Katherine M. Littrell (The Woodlands, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street (Hello Reader! Math Level 4) (Library Binding)

My son and daughter - aged 5 and 7 love this beautiful little book. The concept of continuous doubling of the number of ants that keep returning to the nest intrigues them. Although the book stops at 512, my children insisted that we keep doubling the number "up to infinity". Well, we kept on doubling until we ran out of paper!! The illustrations are wonderful, complementing this terrific children's treasure.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a wonderful story/math concept book for young children, February 5, 2002

By 

Katherine M. Littrell (The Woodlands, Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The 512 Ants on Sullivan Street (Hello Reader! Math Level 4) (Library Binding)

my four- and five-year old children love this book. it's one they request over and over again when it's story-time at home after dinner or at bed time. they love the little ants who invade the neighborhood picnic and discover a treasure trove of treats that they eventually haul little bits back to their labarynthian home. each time they make the trip they bring more ants, each time doubling their number. my kids very painlessly learned their first multiplication lesson - doubling the number each time. a very cleverly conceived, thoroughly enjoyable book.