Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream: A Mathematical Story - Softcover

Cindy Neuschwander

Softcover

ISBN 10: 059030013X ISBN 13: 9780590300131

Publisher: Scholastic, 1999

Synopsis

In the fifth book in the series, complemented by humorous illustrations and including a section of educational suggestions for parents and teachers, Amanda Bean resists her teacher's efforts to teach her multiplication until she has an amazing dream.

About this title

About the Author

Rosanne Litzinger illustrated and stapled together her first book when she was three years old. It was entitled "A Day in the Life of My Uncle Fred" and started with his breakfast. She has since illustrated numerous picture books, including her recent "While You Were Chasing a Hat", by Lilian Moore. She lives in Beverly Hills, California.

Review

Education World
Oklahoma City, OK
June 2000
Multiplication is a tough concept for many kids to grasp.Indeed, many kids learn times tables without fully nderstanding the simple concept that underlies them --that multiplication is an easier form of addition. Now, along comes Amanda Bean -- the poster child for multiplication misunderstanding!
Amanda loves to count. Her friends even call her "Bean Counter" because she sees everything as a counting
challenge. Amanda loves to count so much that she can't seethe sense in learning to multiply -- in spite of the urgings of her parents and teachers, who try to explain how learning to multiply will make the counting process even easier!
However, as luck would have it, everything changes one night. Amanda is so focused on counting that even her dreams involve counting -- but this night she is so overwhehned by the counting challenges in her dream that multiplication finally makes sense to her. ("Y-a-a-h-h-h!" cheer the sheep in Amanda!s dream when she finally gets it!)
Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream (produced under the Marilyn Bums Brainy Day Book label by Scholastic Press) was written by Cindy Neuschwander, who also wrote Sir Cumference and the First Round Table. Pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations by Liza Woodruff add real kid appeal -- not to mention countless opportunities to multiply! And Bums, a nationally known math educator, offers ideas for teaching the principle of multiplication and for extending the story and learning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Scholastic
• Publication date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 059030013X
• ISBN 13: 9780590300131
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Liza Woodruff