Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Animals, Mathematics & Measurement, Counting

Too Many Dinosaurs

Name: Too Many Dinosaurs
Author: Bob Barner
ISBN: 9780553375664

by Bob Barner

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Overview

Six growing dinosaurs and one tiny island add up to a problem that needs to be solved in this lively introduction to addition. As the zany dinosaurs swim back and forth between two undersized islands, children learn the seven ways to make six as well as the basic concepts of addition. And once they have enjoyed the story, children can practice what they've learned with the colorful punch-out dinosaurs, workmat, and fun-filled activities that come with the book.

About the Author, Bob Barner

Bob Barner has written and illustrated several children's picture books and illustrated many more, including Bennie's Pennies by Pat Brisson and Pick Up Your Ears, Henry by Patricia Brennan Demuth. He lives in Boston.

Jo Dennis is an early math education specialist with experience in teaching at both the elementary school and the university levels in the United States, England, and Australia. She has been the math consultant and math director of several math textbooks for children and teachers.

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Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Robots and dinos become the painless purveyors of mathematical prowess in Bob Barner's first two Start Smart Math Books from Bantam/Rooster. In Space Race, two vividly hued robots, reminiscent of Calder mobiles, use geometric shapes in their competition to build the first rocket ship, while Too Many Dinosaurs finds six behemoths posing simple math problems as they emigrate from their crowded island; both jolly titles feature related activities and punch-out figures (paper $6.95 each, 32p, ages 4-8 ISBN 0-553-37567-9; -37566-0, Feb.).