Arithme-Tickle: An Even Number of Odd Riddle-Rhymes

by J. Patrick Lewis, Frank Remkiewicz (Illustrator)

Overview

These eighteen zany rhyming riddles involve addition, subtraction, and simple multiplication to calculate everything from poodle weights to travel time. And for anyone who's stumped, the answers are included in mirror-writing below each riddle.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780152058487
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/01/2007
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.88(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

J. Patrick Lewis has authored more than fifty books of poetry for children. In 2011, he was named the Children’s Poet Laureate by the Poetry Foundation and was given the NCTE Excellence in Children's Poetry Award. He lives in Westerville, Ohio.Visit his website at www.jpatricklewis.com.

Editorial Reviews

"Illustrated word problems, for fun? Well, any book that can rhyme 'Wapakoneta' with 'Green cheese or Swiss or feta' can bring back the joy of puzzle solving."—Chicago Tribune —

From the Publisher

Math story problems aren't always boring exercises about dividing up a bowl of apples or trains traveling between cities. Sometimes story problems can be rhyming, funny, and delightfully illustrated, as evidenced by this collaboration between Lewis (A World of Wonders, p. 48, etc.) and Remkiewicz, illustrator of the popular Horrible Harry and Froggy series. The 18 math puzzles are full of amusing names and situations, such as calculating the time for a quick trip to Kalamazoo or the weight of a poodle named Poo-poo-pee-doo. Three additional selections include a novel way to multiply by nine as well as a rebus-like round of letters between a dog and a cat (regarding a K-9 T). The text is printed on blue-lined notebook paper with the answers to the puzzles cleverly printed below each problem in reverse (adding a mini-science lesson when the answers are held up to a mirror to be read). Remkiewicz provides cheery illustrations in watercolor and colored pencil, with smiling children and comical animals in double-page spreads that will work well with a group. Most of the puzzles are at the third- or fourth-grade level, but many could be solved by younger children with an adult's help. This is also an excellent choice for younger gifted children, who will enjoy the challenge of math problems with a humorous twist. (Nonfiction. 7-10)

Kirkus Reviews