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Walker Childrens
On sale:
July 2010
Price:
$17.89
Format:
Reinforced Edition
Size:
10 x 9 in
Pages:
32 pp
ISBN-13: 9780802797964
ISBN-10: 0802797962
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Guinea Pigs Add Up
Written by Margery Cuyler
Illustrated by Tracey Campbell Pearson
Book Description
A classroom learns to count with an adorable gaggle of guinea pigs!
In bouncy, appealing rhyme, young readers are introduced to a classroom with a hairy problem-guinea pigs that keep adding and adding! From one lonely guinea pig to two to five and all the way up to twenty, the kids find that having a classroom pet is more than they bargained for. Finally, each student gets to take a guinea pig home, until they are left with zero. That is, until Mr. Gilbert brings in a rabbit with a growing belly . . . !
From master storyteller Margery Cuyler and with energetic illustrations from Tracey Campbell Pearson, Guinea Pigs Add Up is perfect for budding mathematicians-or anyone with a love for unruly animals.
"Counting is part of the action-packed farce in this simple rhyming picture book about classroom pets. The arithmetic exercises—addition, subtraction, multiplication—are woven into the story, and there are surprises right up to the end."— Booklist
"A humorous look at one classroom’s quest for the perfect pet. Cuyler’s rhymes scan well, and their bouncy rhythms add to the humor of too many cavies. Pearson’s line-and-color illustrations ably complement the tongue-in-cheek text. Her guinea pigs overflow the pages, adorably cute and curious, while the children’s love for their cavies comes through loud and clear. This should be required reading for any teacher considering a class pet."—Kirkus Reviews
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