Money, Counting

The Coin Counting Book

Name: The Coin Counting Book
Author: Rozanne Lanczak Williams
ISBN: 9780881063264

by Rozanne Lanczak Lanczak Williams

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Overview

Children will enjoy counting and adding while learning the names and denominations of all of the U.S. coins. What do you get when you add five pennies together? What coin combinations add up to a quarter?

A bold design encourages play with actual coins while reading the book.

Author Biography: Rozanne Lanczak Williams, a former elementary school teacher of 14 years, is a full-time mom and freelance writer. She has written hundreds of books for beginning readers, teachers, and parents. Born and raised in a small town near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Rozanne now lives in Los Alamitos, California.

Synopsis

A bold design encourages play with actual coins while reading the book.

Parent Council Reviews

The rhyming text of this early reader encourages kids to count out a dollar in coins. A great resource for parents and teachers exploring money and currency, this book also includes an introduction to the new Sacajawea dollar coin. 2001, Charlesbridge Publishing, $6.95. Ages 5 to 8. Reviewer: M. Thomas SOURCE: Parent Council, September 2001 (Vol. 9, No. 1)

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Children's Literature

One of the things that all children are aware of is money. Everyday of their lives they are exposed to coins. This unique book offers the young reader the opportunity to see the coins in detail and to appreciate their value. The book begins with counting pennies in relation to a nickel and then to a dime. Then nickels and dimes in relation to quarters; all denominations in relation to a fifty cent piece; and finally how many coins does it take to make a dollar. Every option for pennies, nickels, dimes and quarters is illustrated in words and numbers. The coins are written in words and numbers next to their "realistic" portrayal. The end of the book puts the coins in vertical stacks with their value. This book is a good way to introduce simple math to children. To make the book even more appealing, it is written in rhyme. I would recommend this as a good tool for elementary teachers. 2001, Charlesbridge Publishing, $6.95. Ages 6 to 9. Reviewer: Karen Werner

School Library Journal

Gr 1-3-Simple rhymes and large, clear photographs instruct children in coin denominations, grouping, and counting. The text begins with an introduction to pennies and soon adds nickels and dimes, quarters, and half dollars to show how larger denominations take form. Coins are arranged in sets with visual equations illustrating their mathematical equivalents. By the book's end, children are asked to think of the many ways a dollar is made (100 pennies, 4 quarters, etc.). Both teachers and parents will find this book valuable as an introductory lesson on money.-Ilene Abramson, Los Angeles Public Library Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information.