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From School Library Journal
Grade 1-2-Packard and Murdocca have joined forces to explain and illustrate big numbers to children. The result is a vibrant, oversized book featuring two kids and a dog and cat that always have something to say. Beginning with a single pea on a plate to illustrate "one," the book moves to 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 peas, etc. The green pile continues to grow on the plate, spilling over the tabletop, out the door, across the yard, and, ultimately, into a huge mountain of a quadrillion peas. The visual impact is comical and impressive, clearly conveying the idea of large sums. Additional information, in the form of dialogue balloons and insets, can be confusing, as can the illustrations of fleas, sand, mice, and ladybugs used to emphasize distance and size. Numerical powers of 10 are also introduced and children will quickly understand the relationship between the exponent and the number of zeros. Other complicated ideas are conveyed, such as infinity, some more successfully than others. A fun introduction to an interesting concept.
Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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At just over 9-by-13 inches, this book will be a standout on the math shelves, where its very size will hint at its subject: big numbers. A boy and his dog stare at a pea on a plate, then 10 peas, 100 (a small serving), 1,000 (a plate full), 10,000 (a pan full), and so on up to a million, billion, trillion peas (a ball the size of Earth). Starting with a million, the text introduces exponents. Although the scientific notation is more useful with large numbers, the concept might be more understandable if first explained with 10, 100, and 1,000. Still, this is no textbook but a rollicking, cartoon-style expression of big numbers shown in different ways. Besides the ever-expanding pile of peas, children can imagine a billion mice stretching around the world, ten billion bacteria that "could fit in a pea," and an infinite number of pencils, needed to draw "an infinite number of peas." Bright and sassy, Murdocca's line-and-wash illustrations create an atmosphere of fun that could break through all but the strongest math anxiety. Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Grade 1-2-Packard and Murdocca have joined forces to explain and illustrate big numbers to children. The result is a vibrant, oversized book featuring two kids and a dog and cat that always have something to say. Beginning with a single pea on a plate to illustrate "one," the book moves to 10, 100, 1000, 10,000 peas, etc. The green pile continues to grow on the plate, spilling over the tabletop, out the door, across the yard, and, ultimately, into a huge mountain of a quadrillion peas. The visual impact is comical and impressive, clearly conveying the idea of large sums. Additional information, in the form of dialogue balloons and insets, can be confusing, as can the illustrations of fleas, sand, mice, and ladybugs used to emphasize distance and size. Numerical powers of 10 are also introduced and children will quickly understand the relationship between the exponent and the number of zeros. Other complicated ideas are conveyed, such as infinity, some more successfully than others. A fun introduction to an interesting concept.
Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Booklist
At just over 9-by-13 inches, this book will be a standout on the math shelves, where its very size will hint at its subject: big numbers. A boy and his dog stare at a pea on a plate, then 10 peas, 100 (a small serving), 1,000 (a plate full), 10,000 (a pan full), and so on up to a million, billion, trillion peas (a ball the size of Earth). Starting with a million, the text introduces exponents. Although the scientific notation is more useful with large numbers, the concept might be more understandable if first explained with 10, 100, and 1,000. Still, this is no textbook but a rollicking, cartoon-style expression of big numbers shown in different ways. Besides the ever-expanding pile of peas, children can imagine a billion mice stretching around the world, ten billion bacteria that "could fit in a pea," and an infinite number of pencils, needed to draw "an infinite number of peas." Bright and sassy, Murdocca's line-and-wash illustrations create an atmosphere of fun that could break through all but the strongest math anxiety. Carolyn Phelan --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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