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. It's Collection Week at school and Kate signs up to show a collection - which she doesn't have! Time is running out. What can she do? 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: Addition) Kindergarten-Grade 2-In Collection, Kate is concerned about what to take to school during "collection week." She anxiously watches and counts the mounting number of magnets, shells, postcards, and toy pigs displayed by her classmates, certain that her assemblage will pale in comparison to theirs. Finally, she takes her clever offering-a collection of collections-a few frogs, a few shells, a few postcards, etc. In Count on Pablo, the boy helps his abuela pick, wash, and count out garden produce to take to market. He counts the limes one by one, the onions by twos, the peppers by fives, and the tomatoes by tens. When no one buys anything, Pablo suggests that they make salsa, which then attracts many customers. Both books have colorful, realistic drawings that clearly show what is being counted or grouped. While the math is an integral part of the stories, it doesn't overpower them. The back covers suggest related activities. Welcome additions to beginning-reader collections. Nancy A. Gifford, Schenectady County Public Library, NY Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. "A new series of books called MATH MATTERS(tm) is just the ticket to practice skills at home or at school." -- Teaching K-8 "The Math Matters stories are good stories! While directly connecting math to the child's everyday world, they do so in a way that will make sense to children. The math vocabulary is appropriate." -- Dr. Juanita Copley, Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Houston, TX "The Math Matters stories do a very good job of building math confidence. Children connect the math concepts they are learning in school to real-world situations, making math more accessible and their own experience with it more successful." -- Linda Dacey, Professsor of Mathematics and Education, Lesley College, Cambridge, MA MATH MATTERS(tm) encourages children to explore how math matters in their lives. Each story focuses on a single math concept. Children will identify with the characters and will enjoy finding out how they use math in all sorts of real-life situations. The lively illustrations and humorous storylines will make children feel "right at home" with math. MATH MATTERS(tm) helps children make the connection between the math they are learning in school and their everyday world. Each story: focuses on a single math concept shows how kids use math in all sorts of real-life situations sparks interest in math and makes math more meaningful supports and extends math and reading skills can be enjoyed by independent readers and read aloud to younger children Barbara deRubertis recently retired after 31 years of teaching elementary and middle school classes. She has written more than 50 books for children that have been published by Kane Press. Barbara and her husband live in Cashmere, Washington. Gioia Fiammenghi has illustrated numerous children’s books. Her work has been included on The New York Times’ list of 100 Outstanding Children’s Books’ Illustrators. Her awards include the AIGA and her work has been cited by the Child Study Association in their list of the Best Books of the Year. Gioia lives with her husband in Monte Carlo and has three grown children. Kate wrote down the numbers. "Hmmm... each of these numbers is bigger than 10," she thought. "So the sum must be more than 30! Thirty-nine!" Kate gulped. "Oh, brother," was all she could say.