The Bark Park (Math Matters) - Softcover

Houran, Lori Haskins

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1635925428 ISBN 13: 9781635925425

Publisher: Astra Young Readers, 2022

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.

Pups love the Bark Park, the best dog park around. Only one thing would make it better for everyone—a bench! But a bench isn’t in the park budget. How can Lila and her friends raise the money? With a dog wash! They reach 25% of the goal, then 50%, until . . . a sudden shower threatens to make the dog wash a 100% washout! 

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: Percentages)

About this title

About the Author

Lori Haskins Houran is a former editor and the author of more than fifty books for kids, including Next to You, Too Many Dogs, My Little Golden Book About George Washington, and several titles on the Kane Press backlist. She lives in Massachusetts with her family.

John Joven has illustrated many kids’ books published around the world, such as Preschool Here I Come, Bulldozer Dreams, and Charlie Takes His Shot. He is also the illustrator of Glasses, a book in the Kane Press Eureka! series. He lives in Bogota, Colombia.

Reviews

Gr 1-2-When an author pairs a story of can-do kindness with a math problem, this book is the winning result. The question that launches the story is, what can youngsters do to help their elderly neighbor? Coco and her friends Nolan and Sophie love to take their dogs to the dog park. To their dismay, they learn that their elderly neighbor, Mr. Romero, is unable to stand for long periods and the dog park has no bench. When they discover that a bench costs $100, they decide to raise the money to help their 80-year-old friend. As their plan to wash local dogs comes together, unexpected problems pop up; will they be able to meet their goal? Readers may relate to the problem that Coco and her friends are facing, which is how young people can raise money. The tale centers around this issue with math skills as its focus. A story of friendship and community, this title may resonate with budding entrepreneurs. Colorful illustrations support the text and enliven the plot. "Activities That Matter" gives ideas for more learning centered on math and literacy; the end page also gives a quick goal comparison as a review. The title's main purpose is to reinforce math skills in conjunction with literacy. The simple story and characters put math into an everyday situation to which readers can relate-helping a friend. VERDICT Recommended for readers of the "Math Matters'' series or other titles that marry mathematics and fiction to reinforce math skills. Try pairing with Demi's One Grain of Rice or Elinor J. Pinczes's One Hundred Hungry Ants to expand the math lesson.-Elena Schuckα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Edition details

• Publisher: Astra Young Readers
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1635925428
• ISBN 13: 9781635925425
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Joven John
• Number of pages: 32