Lisa has an important homework assignment--to measure something in several different ways. She has to use standard units like inches and nonstandard units like paper clips to find out height, width, length, weight, volume, temperature, and time. Lisa decides to measure her dog, Penny, and finds out ...
Penny's nose = 1 inch long
Penny's tail = 1 dog biscuit long
Penny's paw print = 3 centimeters wide
... and that's only the beginning! Lisa learns a lot about her dog and about measuring, and even has fun doing it.
This clear and engaging concept book, delivered with a sense of humor, is certain to win over the most reluctant mathematician.
Loreen Leedy writes and illustrates books in her studio in central Florida. When not writing, drawing, or painting on her computer, she's exercising, eating out, or going to the movies with her husband Andy. Her other books include the following:
- Mapping Penny's World
- It's Probably Penny
- My Teacher Is a Dinosaur
- The Shocking Truth about Energy
- Crazy Like a Fox: A Simile Story
- Missing Math: A Number Mystery
- Fraction Action
- There's a Frog in My Throat: 440 Animal Sayings a Little Bird Told Me
Her web site is LoreenLeedy.com.