Play Date (Math Matters) - Softcover

Santos, Rosa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 157565105X ISBN 13: 9781575651057

Publisher: Astra Publishing House, 2001

Synopsis

Discover Math Matters! With over 15 million books sold worldwide, this award-winning series of easy-to-read books will help young readers ages 5–8 approach math with enthusiasm. Great for fans of MathStart or Step into Reading Math.

Every time Jessica and Ivy make a play date something gets in the way. Will they ever get together?

With engaging stories that connect math to kids’ everyday lives, each book in the Teachers’ Choice Award–winning Math Matters series focuses on a single concept and reinforces math vocabulary and skills. Bonus activities in the back of each book feature math and reading comprehension questions, and even more free activities online add to the fun! (Math topic: Calendar)

About this title

About the Author

Rosario Santos is a published author of children's books. Gioia Fiammenghi has illustrated numerous children’s books. Her work has been included on The New York Times’ list of 100 Outstanding Children’s Books’ Illustrators. Her awards include the AIGA and her work has been cited by the Child Study Association in their list of the Best Books of the Year. Gioia lives with her husband in Monte Carlo and has three grown children.

Reviews

Kindergarten-Grade 2-Two lackluster series entries. Based on their reading level, both books seem aimed at children who would have already mastered the concepts presented. Play Date addresses calendar concepts, but the calendars in the illustrations are small and the days of the week are hard to read. The plot is humorous. Two girls trying to make a date are thwarted by unexpected events each day of the week. Finally, on the seventh day, they get together. The activities at the end of the book are easy to do and give children additional practice in finding days on a calendar. Henry Keeps Score revolves around adding and subtracting and the story is not as strong as in Play Date. Henry never wants his sister to have more of anything than he does, until they visit the dentist and Harriet has a cavity. Both books have large type and are illustrated with bright, cheerful cartoons. Purchase only if there is a very strong need for supplemental math materials.
Lucinda Snyder Whitehurst, St. Christopher's School, Richmond, VA
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Edition details

• Publisher: Astra Publishing House
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 157565105X
• ISBN 13: 9781575651057
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Fiammenghi Gioia
• Number of pages: 32