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Synopsis
Provides facts about the different ways we count, measure, write out numbers, and solve number problems
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Gr 2-4-A lighthearted explanation of how numbers are used. Beginning with the endpapers, numerals of all shapes, sizes, and personalities flow across the pages. Readers must pay attention; the text begins on the facing title page. If that section is skipped, one misses the introduction to the book's guides, a boy and his dog. Phil and Pippo travel through Egypt, Mesopotamia, ancient Rome, Mexico, India, and Europe, tracing the development of different counting and measuring systems. This title's French origin does not diminish its usefulness to an American audience. The U.S. system of inches, feet, yards, and miles is discussed, albeit as one of several methods of measurement. The format is appealing to a young audience-lots of open space; large, cartoonstyle pictures; and relatively small blocks of text. The information presented is interesting but not detailed. For reports on any particular topic, e.g., Roman numerals, Archimedes, Sumerian mathematicians, etc., children will have to go to other sources.-Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
Copyright 1996 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
The French graphic artist Massin and a trio of illustrators take a selective, somewhat arbitrary look at how various civilizations have worked with numbers. In sprightly, conversational tones, Massin explains how some peoples used pictures to represent numbers: for example, in ancient Egypt, the symbol for 1,000,000 was a "man with his arms flung up, as if expressing astonishment at such a large number." Also included are anecdotes tracing our method of counting minutes and seconds to the Sumerian practice of basing sets on multiples of 60; crediting zeroes to the mathematicians of China and India (others left an empty space to keep track of missing units); and showing how Arabic numbers came to replace Roman numerals. In a low-key palette of rusts, charcoals and sepias, whimsical illustrations introduce a parade of people and animals fashioned out of numbers. The information here doesn't add up to a comprehensive history, but many passages make for prime reading. All ages.
Copyright 1995 Cahners Business Information, Inc.
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Condition: Good. Peles, Les Chats (illustrator). Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Seller Inventory # 15618114-6
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Fun with Numbers
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. No Jacket. Peles, Les Chats (illustrator). Pages are clean and are not marred by notes or folds of any kind. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.2. Seller Inventory # G0152009620I2N00
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Fun With 9umbers
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Harcourt Brace & Company/Orlando, Florida,, 1995
ISBN 10: 0152009620
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Peles, Les Chats (illustrator). hard cover, ex library, DJ in Mylar, minimal library marks, unpaged, 9 3/8 x 13 1/4 inches, extra postage for priority or international shipping due to size, Creative Editions, very good book condition, very good dust jacket, juvenile picture book, Seller Inventory # G 1005
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Fun With Numbers
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Creative Editions, New York, NY, U.S.A., 1995
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Les Chats Peles (illustrator). Maroon hard covers. Color illustration on dj. Dj in mylar wrap. Internally good. Color illustrations. Usual library markings. Seller Inventory # 133120B
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Fun With 9umbers (Numbers)
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Creative Editions/ Harcourt Brace & Co., 1993
ISBN 10: 0152009620
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Peles, Les Chats (illustrator). First Edition. First editionNot Exlib. 33 pp. Small split in the paper covering front gutter 1/4". one shallow ding in head of frt board. Unclipped DJ shows light rubs at tips, slight curl to head of front panel, one closed small tear at rear panel, displays well in new mylar sleeve. Fun with 9umbers is a romp through the history of numbers which originated in France. Oversized book, too large for flat rate envelope. 13.25" tall x 9.50" wide. Seller Inventory # 31002
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Fun With Numbers
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Creative Editions, New York, NY, 1995
ISBN 10: 0152009620
ISBN 13: 9780152009625
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. Les Chats Peles (illustrator). First American Edition. Stated First U.S. edition 1995 per copy right page. This was First published in 1993 in France by Editions du Seuil. This is a beautifully illustrated Counting Book. Book is over sized - approximately 9.25" by 13". Each page is filled with illustrations of numbers and figures that re unique in style and imaginative. Pages are clean and bright; binding is tight. There are no tears, creases or writing. Glossy illustrated covers are clean and bright. Very light shelf wear to edges.This is NOT an ex-lib or a remainder. DJ is complete, colorful & unmarred; DJ is NOT price clipped and has light rubbing and edge wear. DJ is now in a mylar jacket. Note: We use "Fine" book condition judiciously; only when the book exhibits no flaws. A Fine book closely approaches -As New- condition and may not have been previously owned. Any flaws (writing, tears, creases) are exceptions to a Fine condition and should be clearly described for a book and dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 001189
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Fun with 9umbers
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Creative Editions; New York, Harcourt Brace & Company, Mankato, MN, 1995
ISBN 10: 0152009620
ISBN 13: 9780152009625
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Peles, Les Chats (illustrator). Illustrated by Les Chats Pelés. [33]p., colored illus., dj, large quarto format. English translation of the 1993 French edition: Jouons avec les chiffres. Seller Inventory # 054923
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