Corkscrew Counts: A Story About Multiplication - Hardcover

Napoli, Donna Jo; Tchen, Richard

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805076646 ISBN 13: 9780805076646

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2008

Synopsis

At Corkscrew's party, everyone wants to play. Every game the kids try needs a different number of players, and they never have the right amount. The little pig and his parrot friend know how to solve the problem--if only they can get the kids to understand

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Corkscrew stars in this delightful companion to The Wishing Club.

About this title

About the Author

DONNA JO NAPOLI is an acclaimed author best known for her fantasy novels. She lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania with her husband and five children.

RICHARD TCHEN is an author and a project coordinator for the Math Forum, an online mathematics education center. He lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

ANNA CURREY has illustrated several books for children. She lives with her family near Bath, England.

Reviews

Kindergarten-Grade 2—Twelve children gather together to celebrate Corkscrew the pig's birthday, but they have trouble deciding what games to play. Every time they form teams and begin an activity that will work for all 12 youngsters, Corkscrew and another guest, a lively parrot, interrupt, throwing off the even sides and taking over the action. The final game, Ultimate Frisbee, needs two groups of seven players, so the animals are accepted as teammates and the party ends on a happy note. The endearing creatures add humor and interest to a rather mundane story that seems contrived to use multiplication in the forming of the teams. The inclusion of simple math problems (1 x 12 = 12; 2 x 6 = 12; etc.) doesn't add to the text. While the birthday party theme and the pets may attract readers, the most appealing part of the book is the charming watercolors that show an engaging cast of neighborhood children, messy party decorations, the pig dressed up in bows, and the parrot causing chaos.—Erlene Bishop Killeen, Stroughton Area School District, WI
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Edition details

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805076646
• ISBN 13: 9780805076646
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Currey Anna
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32