SCATtered!: A STORY OF ESTIMATION

“. . .This effortless introduction to estimation makes a great read-aloud and works equally well for very young audiences or as reinforcement for slightly older students, who might also enjoy the additional estimation challenge hidden in the book. — Booklist

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CATawampus!: A STORY OF SHAPES

The text is clever, with subtle wordplay. Harney's illustrations capture and add to the busyness and energy of the story. . . An entertaining concept book that will shape up to be a hit with kids. — Booklist

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SO MANY BOOKS!

This exuberant rhyming ode to reading is primed to get kids excited about the wonders awaiting them between the pages of a book. . . If this book doesn’t turn kids into ardent readers, nothing will. Besides the bouncy, jubilant verses, the energetic illustrations will do the trick, brimming with ebullient colors and featuring a cast of spirited readers, diverse in terms of both race and age. Lots of page-turning fun for everyone: a book that demands repeat visits. — Kirkus

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ARITHMECHICKS ADD UP Fuse 8, 2019 List of Math books for kids 

ARITHMECHICKS TAKE A CALCULATION VACATION May 2022 Children’s Book Council Hot Off the Press reading list 

ARITHMECHICKS TAKE AWAY "Bright, engaging illustrations... an elementary-school teacher, Stephens offers a lively story and a useful appended page with several different strategies for demonstrating subtraction. This cheerful sequel to Arithmechicks Add Up (2019) has its madcap moments, while creating opportunities for kids to use subtraction skills as they enjoy the playful story." — Booklist

ARITHMECHICKS TAKE AWAY "Arithmechicks discover that (as Stephens puts it) 'bedtime – chicks = later bedtime!' 10 diversely hued and patterned chicks respond to Mama’s 'Time to hit the hay!' with a wild scramble to hide... Stephens uses alliteration and internal rhymes to set up a cozy rhythm, and she brings the brouhaha to an end with a final henhouse snuggle. Feathery fun for the newly numerate. Take it away, Arithmechicks!" — Kirkus Reviews

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ARITHMECHICKS ADD UP “Practical application mixes with play, adding up to enjoyable learning.” – Kirkus Reviews

CATastrophe! "Stephens deftly incorporates the concepts of patterns and pattern cores into her simple tale and includes an enjoyable explanatory page at the close as well as integrated seek-and-find challenges. Harney’s bright, energy-filled cartoons are a great match and maintain a fine balance of cute, color, comedy…and cats. Playfulness makes repeated reads a must for fans of cats or calculation." — Kirkus Reviews

CATASTROPHE! A great read-aloud and a strong pick for early math collections." — Booklist

ARITHMECHICKS ADD UP  "Ten young chicks make their way to the park for a day of fun, incorporating math into every playground activity... Stephens deftly interprets the usefulness of being able to quickly count and add, and Liu’s texturized digital illustrations convey all the fun of the playground alongside simple mathematical concepts. An enjoyable resource for young ones stepping up their counting game." — Publishers Weekly

ARITHMECHICKS ADD UP "A fun math story that can be used at various levels." — School Library Journal  

ARITHMECHICKS TAKE A CALCULATION VACATION  "This book is an excellent opportunity to bring literacy into the math classroom...the pictures are fun and inviting and the words are fairly easy to understand. I could see this being used as a shared reading or read aloud experience, but I think that lots of children in the K-2 range would find this book accessible. It would also be a good fit in those classrooms because of the ties to basic numeracy concepts that are woven throughout this book." — NetGalley Reviewer

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