Albert the Muffin-Maker (Mouse Math) - Softcover

May, Eleanor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1575656329 ISBN 13: 9781575656328

Publisher: Kane Press, 2014

Synopsis

Each read-aloud book in the Mouse Math series focuses on a single, basic math concept and features adorable mice, Albert and Wanda, who live in a People House. Entertaining fiction stories capture kids’ imaginations as the mice learn about numbers, shapes, sizes and more. Over 3 million copies sold worldwide!

Albert is making muffins—but he's missing some ingredients! His friends are happy to share, but when Albert borrows more and more, it's up to his big sister, Wanda, to help him find out what it really means to be "happy to share!"  Every Mouse Math title includes back matter activities that support and extend reading comprehension and math skills, plus free online activities. (Math concept: Ordinal Numbers)

About this title

About the Author

Eleanor May is the author of many books for Kane Press, including a number of titles in the Mouse Math and Math Matters series. She also writes under the pen names Nan Walker and Lewis B. Montgomery. She lives with her family in eastern Pennsylvania. Deborah Melmon has been a freelance illustrator in the San Francisco Bay area for over 30 years. Among her many picture books are Picnic at Camp Shalom, Speak Up, Tommy, One Good Deed, and Chicken Soup, Chicken, Soup. Deborah lives with a comical Airedale Terrier named Mack.

Reviews

Albert the mouse decides to make muffins, but where can he find the 10 ingredients he needs? At his sister Wanda’s suggestion, he asks neighbors and friends for the necessary items: first, flour; second, oatmeal; third, baking powder; fourth, salt; fifth, cinnamon; sixth, walnuts; seventh, honey; eighth, oil; ninth, applesauce. He swipes the tenth ingredient, fresh milk, from the cat’s bowl. After the baking is done, Albert and Wanda deliver muffins to everyone who shared (even the cat). Like the other picture books in the Mouse Math series, this one has a purpose. Both text and illustrations incorporate ordinal numbers. As each ingredient is mentioned during the baking sequence, a picture of it appears with the others along the bottom of each double-page spread: a bag of flour above the word first, a jar of oatmeal above the word second, and so on. Two appended pages suggest related activities. Teachers looking for picture books that reinforce the concept of ordinal numbers will find this a pleasant, lightly amusing choice. Preschool-Grade 2. --Carolyn Phelan

Edition details

• Publisher: Kane Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1575656329
• ISBN 13: 9781575656328
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Melmon Deborah
• Number of pages: 32