About the Author:
Suzanne Slade is the author of over 80 books for children including Multiply on the Fly, What s the Difference?, What's New at the Zoo?, and Animals are Sleeping for Sylvan Dell. Her works include picture books, biographies, as well as many non-fiction titles about animals, sports, and nature. One of her favorite parts of the writing process is researching and learning new things. Ms. Slade lives near Chicago with her husband, Mike, two children, and their tiny dog, Corduroy.
Review:
Slade uses an appealing formula to simultaneously teach readers about both animal collective nouns and division. Rhyming word problems followed by numerical equations introduce animal groups, including a -charm- of hummingbirds, a -crash- of rhinos, and a -tribe- of billy goats. - Publishers Weekly
On each spread of this clever picture book, a rhyming verse introduces the collective noun for a particular type of animal and then asks readers to determine how many creatures would be in each -bale,- -mob,- etc., if the group were divided into smaller numbers. - School Library Journal
Because this beautifully illustrated book uses the groups and numbers in the text to teach division, a teacher could use it as a picture book or to engage children in these mathematical concepts. - Library Media Connection
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