Seasoned Reviews

Amazon.com
"Believe it or not, math doesn't have to be a torture device teachers use to punish their students. In fact, with a few simple tricks, math can become--dare we say it?--fun!"

Barnes & Noble
"From the team behind The Grapes of Math comes another creative look at math. Detailed illustrations act as problems to be solved. A truly ingenious approach to a difficult topic."

Book-of-the-Month Club
Main Selection

Booklist
"Children will enjoy learning the quick tricks of arithmetic, especially multiplication ... and discovering the sets and patterns, vertical, horizontal, and diagonal, in the world around them. This is math, not by rote but in the things children do."

BookPALS
May 2002 Book of the Month

Junior Library Guild
April 2002 Selection

The Oppenheim Toy Portfolio
Gold Award 2002
"Math riddles invite children to discover patterns and strategies for adding at a glance, instead of having to count objects pictured one by one."

PBS TeacherSource
Recommended
"Each two-page spread presents a counting problem in riddle form. Find the answers by simply counting or look for patterns and combine items. This brightly illustrated book encourages creative problem solving. Answers are provided at the end of the book."

Publishers Weekly
"Move over, worksheets and pencils! The team behind
The Grapes of Math once again proves that posing number problems through verse and vivid pictures is a powerful path to math learning ... any time of year is a good time to delve into these pictorial puzzles."

School Library Journal
"Another calculated success from the creators of The Grapes of Math ... adds up to a winning combination."

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