Fair is Fair! (Math Matters) - Softcover

Jennifer Arena

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575651319 ISBN 13: 9781575651316

Publisher: Astra Publishing House, 2003

Synopsis

All the kids get bigger allowances than Marco. And they do fewer chores! It's just not fair! How can Marco convince his father to give him the raise he knows he deserves?

About this title

About the Author:

Jennifer Dussling has written many children's books, including Dino Eggs, Slinky, Scaly Snakes, and One Little Flower Girl. She lives in Huntington, New York.

From Booklist:

Reviewed with Laura Driscoll's The Blast Off Kid.

Gr. 1-2. In two easy readers from the Math Matters series, children solve real-world problems using simple mathematical tools. Blast Off features Jim, who is determined to collect 10,000 "Blast Off Bar" wrappers and win a trip to space camp. With a little publicity and a lot of help from his community, thousands of wrappers start rolling in. Only Jim's ingenious system for grouping them enables him to keep track of the mounting total and win the prize. Cheerful ink-and-watercolor artwork illustrates this clearly told tale. In Fair, Marco tries without success to convince his dad to raise his allowance. When Marco collects data and makes bar graphs, though, he makes his case in a persuasive, inspiring, and ultimately successful way. The last page shows information presented on bar graphs. Similarly, the last page of Blast Off features a place-value chart based on Jim's bundles and bags of wrappers. Brilliant colors and lightly stylized drawings energize the illustrations, which include several charts. Good reading and painless reinforcement for the math curriculum. Carolyn Phelan
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About this edition

• Publisher: Astra Publishing House
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1575651319
• ISBN 13: 9781575651316
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Diane Palmisciano