The only thing I wasn't sure about... Does the book actually show 1,000 snowflakes? I know it shows 10, 100, and a million, but I wasn't sure about 1,000. A friend of mine found some information from the author, explaining how the book developed. It leaves me to assume that all the illustrations are accurately counted.
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Children's Math Book Review: How Big is a Million? (Penguins!)
Although our penguin unit is long over, I couldn't resist picking up one more related book. Pipkin, a young penguin, wants to know How Big is a Million? He finds ten fish, 100 penguins, and 1,000 snowflakes, but he cannot find a million. Finally, his mother takes him outside to look at the starry night. In a pocket in the back of the book, the reader finds a poster depicting exactly one million stars. In contrast to some other "million" books where the quantity is distributed throughout the book, this picture allows the reader a glimpse of a million of something in one shot. Sweet book for exploring the concept of one million.
The only thing I wasn't sure about... Does the book actually show 1,000 snowflakes? I know it shows 10, 100, and a million, but I wasn't sure about 1,000. A friend of mine found some information from the author, explaining how the book developed. It leaves me to assume that all the illustrations are accurately counted.
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The only thing I wasn't sure about... Does the book actually show 1,000 snowflakes? I know it shows 10, 100, and a million, but I wasn't sure about 1,000. A friend of mine found some information from the author, explaining how the book developed. It leaves me to assume that all the illustrations are accurately counted.
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Yeah for brave little Tom!
ReplyDeleteWe read that book, and my daughter really enjoyed the poster. It thrilled her to see a million of tiny dots.
ReplyDeleteI love that book! You'll enjoy all the other math resource books Usborne Books has to offer. I created a post about them here. http://readgrowlearn.blogspot.com/2014/01/10-terrific-books-for-math-mastery-and.html
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