Monster Math

by Anne Miranda, Polly Powell (Illustrator)

Overview

One little monster waits for the first birthday guest to arrive. . . . There’s a knock on the door, and now there are two! Now three! Now four! The guests keep arriving until fifty partying monsters wreak havoc and Monster Mom decides that enough is enough. The partygoers reluctantly depart until just that one little monster remains—after the best birthday party ever. Little ones can learn counting and basic math concepts while they’re laughing over the rollicking rhymes and hilarious, energetic illustrations.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780152165307
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	09/01/2002
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	10.00(w) x 9.75(h) x 0.14(d)
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

ANNE MIRANDA has written many children’s books, including Night Songs, which she also illustrated, and Glad Monster, Sad Monster: A Book About Feelings. She lives in Madrid, Spain.

Editorial Reviews

"A grand addition to the counting shelf."—Kirkus Reviews
"The pages are filled with action."—School Library Journal
"A story of comic chaos."—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
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From the Publisher

Miranda's book counts the monsters gathering at a birthday party, while a simple rhyming text keeps the tally and surveys the action: "Seven starved monsters are licking the dishes./Eight blow out candles and make birthday wishes." The counting proceeds to ten, then by tens to fifty, then gradually returns to one, which makes the monster's mother, a purple pin-headed octopus, very happy. The book is surprisingly effective due to Powell's artwork; the color has texture and density, as if it were poured onto the page, but the real attention-getter is the singularity of every monster attendee. They are highly individual and, therefore, eminently countable. As the numbers start crawling upward, it is both fun and a challenge to try to recognize monsters who have appeared in previous pages, or to attempt to stay focused when counting the swirling or bunched creatures. The story has glints of humor, and in combination with the illustrations is a grand addition to the counting shelf. (Picture book. 3-8)

Kirkus Reviews