Albert the Muffin-Maker: Ordinal Numbers

by Eleanor May, Deborah Melmon (Illustrator)

Overview

Each read-aloud book in the Mouse Math series focuses on a single, basic math concept and features adorable mice, Albert and Wanda, who live in a People House. Entertaining fiction stories capture kids’ imaginations as the mice learn about numbers, shapes, sizes and more. Over 3 million copies sold worldwide!

Albert is making muffins—but he's missing some ingredients! His friends are happy to share, but when Albert borrows more and more, it's up to his big sister, Wanda, to help him find out what it really means to be "happy to share!"  Every Mouse Math title includes back matter activities that support and extend reading comprehension and math skills, plus free online activities. (Math concept: Ordinal Numbers)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781575656328
Publisher:	Astra Publishing House
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Series:	Mouse Math Series
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 8.30(h) x 0.30(d)
Lexile:	AD560L (what's this?)
Age Range:	4 - 6 Years

About the Author

Eleanor May is the author of many books for Kane Press, including a number of titles in the Mouse Math and Math Matters series. She also writes under the pen names Nan Walker and Lewis B. Montgomery. She lives with her family in eastern Pennsylvania. Deborah Melmon has been a freelance illustrator in the San Francisco Bay area for over 30 years. Among her many picture books are Picnic at Camp Shalom, Speak Up, Tommy, One Good Deed, and Chicken Soup, Chicken, Soup. Deborah lives with a comical Airedale Terrier named Mack.

Editorial Reviews

"Ordinal numbers are featured in this delightful entry in the Mouse Math series starring brother-and-sister team Albert and Wanda.

With his sunny, polka-dot apron on, Albert is excited to make muffins. But then Wanda informs him that they are out of flour. Dismayed, Albert points to the recipe list. 'But flour is the first ingredient!...I can't make muffins without flour.' Wanda suggests that Albert do what their mother does when she is missing an ingredient: ask the neighbors. And so starts Albert's enthusiastic quest for the 10 ingredients—all of which he ends up borrowing from friends, neighbors or relatives who are happy to share. At the bottom of the page, readers can see a picture of each ingredient, with its ordinal number, as Albert acquires them. He makes a daring dash from his mouse hole for the last thing—milk—snatching a mouse-sized bottleful from the cat's bowl. After the muffins are baked, Wanda leads Albert by the paw with their basket of hot muffins as they deliver one to each contributor (even the cat), another opportunity for May to reiterate the ordinals. The colorful drawings are delightfully expressive, each mouse endowed with a defined and individualized personality. Exercises appended reinforce the lesson.

An enjoyable, instructive story with humor, heart and a pair of adorable mice." —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2014-02-26
Ordinal numbers are featured in this delightful entry in the Mouse Math series starring brother-and-sister team Albert and Wanda. With his sunny, polka-dot apron on, Albert is excited to make muffins. But then Wanda informs him that they are out of flour. Dismayed, Albert points to the recipe list. "But flour is the first ingredient!...I can't make muffins without flour." Wanda suggests that Albert do what their mother does when she is missing an ingredient: Ask the neighbors. And so starts Albert's enthusiastic quest for the 10 ingredients—all of which he ends up borrowing from friends, neighbors or relatives who are happy to share. At the bottom of the page, readers can see a picture of each ingredient, with its ordinal number, as Albert acquires them. He makes a daring dash from his mouse hole for the last thing—milk—snatching a mouse-sized bottleful from the cat's bowl. After the muffins are baked, Wanda leads Albert by the paw with their basket of hot muffins as they deliver one to each contributor (even the cat), another opportunity for May to reiterate the ordinals. The colorful drawings are delightfully expressive, each mouse endowed with a defined and individualized personality. Exercises appended reinforce the lesson. An enjoyable, instructive story with humor, heart and a pair of adorable mice. (Picture book. 4-7)

Kirkus Reviews