The Coin Counting Book - Hardcover

Williams, Rozanne Lanczak

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0881063258 ISBN 13: 9780881063257

Publisher: Charlesbridge, 2001

Synopsis

The Coin Counting Book is the perfect introduction to counting, addition, and identifying American money. From one penny to one-dollar readers will learn the various coins, their mathematical relationships, and how to add them all together once their piggybanks are full.  Detailed photos of real money against colorful and bold backgrounds depict each coin along with their value. Rozanne Lanczak Williams’ simple rhyming text makes coin recognition, addition, and skip-counting fun and approachable for readers new to counting and currency.

About this title

About the Author

Rozanne Lanczak Williams, a former elementary school teacher of 14 years, is a full-time mom and freelance writer. She has written many books with math and science themes for beginning readers. Born and raised in a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rozanne now lives in Southern California with her husband and three children.

Reviews

Grade 1-3-Simple rhymes and large, clear photographs instruct children in coin denominations, grouping, and counting. The text begins with an introduction to pennies and soon adds nickels and dimes, quarters, and half dollars to show how larger denominations take form. Coins are arranged in sets with visual equations illustrating their mathematical equivalents. By the book's end, children are asked to think of the many ways a dollar is made (100 pennies, 4 quarters, etc.). Both teachers and parents will find this book valuable as an introductory lesson on money.
Ilene Abramson, Los Angeles Public Library
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Ages 4-8. Counting coins in rhymes makes this introductory concept book fun as well as instructive. A former elementary school teacher, Williams identifies and counts coinage and presents equivalent values with jingles that encourage youngsters to chime in and add up the answers. Uncluttered photographs display how 5 pennies add up to a nickel, and how five groups of 5 pennies can be traded for a quarter. Counted by 10s, 100 pennies add up to a dollar, as do 20 nickels, 10 dimes, etc. Concluding with a picture of coins being dropped into a piggy bank, with some set aside to be spent, this valuable teaching tool can easily lead into lessons on what these coins can buy. Ellen Mandel
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Edition details

• Publisher: Charlesbridge
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0881063258
• ISBN 13: 9780881063257
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32