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  • The Best Bug Parade: Comparing Sizes

    Stuart J. Murphy, Holly Keller

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, June 1, 1996)
    Comparing and contrasting sizes is fun and easy in a basic math skills book that uses different and amusing drawings to teach and retain interest.
    G

  • Rabbit's Pajama Party

    Stuart J. Murphy, Frank Remkiewicz

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Aug. 25, 1999)
    At Rabbit's pajama party everyone is eating pizza, telling scary stories, and curling up in their sleeping bags. And what these friends do first, next, and last demonstrates the math concepts of sequencing -- the logical order of events.
    K

  • Animals on Board: Level 2, Adding

    Stuart J. Murphy, R. W. Alley

    Hardcover (Harpercollins, Oct. 1, 1998)
    Introduces simple addition through a rhyming text about animals being delivered for a merry-go-round
    L

  • Seaweed Soup

    Stuart J. Murphy, Frank Remkiewicz

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Sept. 1, 2001)
    Young readers will learn about matching sets in this adorable story that follows Turtle, who has made green and stinky seaweed soup for lunch, as he hurriedly mixes and matches the cups, bowls, and spoons before his friends arrive. Simultaneous.
    I

  • Bigger, Better, Best!

    Stuart J. Murphy, Marsha Winborn

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Aug. 20, 2002)
    Jenny and Jeff are driving their little sister, Jill, crazy, and now that the family is moving into their new house it's worse than ever. Who'll have the bigger window? Who'll have the bigger bedroom? How can they measure the space so that they'll know for sure?Jenny and Jeff must calculate area to settle their debate. This simple geometry concept will prove once and for all whose room is bigger -- but maybe Jill can show her squabbling siblings that bigger isn't always better!
    I

  • Rabbit's Pajama Party

    Stuart J. Murphy, Frank Remkiewicz

    School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 25, 1999)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. This easy reader book introduces the lesson of sequence as Rabbit and his friends go about doing one activity followed by another until their day is done.
    K

  • The Greatest Gymnast of All: Opposites, Level 1

    Stuart J. Murphy, Cynthia Jabar

    Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Sept. 1, 1998)
    While performing an energetic gymnastic routine, Zoe demonstrates such spatial opposites as on and off, inside and outside, and over and under
    G

  • Aliens and Astronauts

    Sally Hewitt

    Library Binding (Thameside Pr, Sept. 1, 2003)
    The "Start Maths" series uses humorous illustrations and strong characters to familiarize young readers with early numeracy skills. Each book introduces an important maths theme, such as measures, and time and space and reinforces a wide range of skills - from counting to ten, to more advanced tasks such as comparing lengths, masses and capacities.
    N

  • Double the Ducks

    Stuart J. Murphy, Valeria Petrone

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Jan. 1, 2003)
    It's hard work, taking care of 5 little ducks. But when each little duck comes home with a friend -- oh, no! Now it's double the ducks and double the work. How can 1 little boy get everything done? Understanding how to double numbers helps children master both addition and multiplication. Fun, friendship, and lots of ducks make learning this essential skill both easy and entertaining.
    G

  • Sluggers' Car Wash

    Stuart J. Murphy, Barney Saltzberg

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Aug. 20, 2002)
    The 21st Street Sluggers have a problem: Their team T-shirts are worn-out and dirty. They need new ones, but they have no money. How can they raise some? A car wash!The team gets to work. Lilly is scrubbing, Julia is squirting, Will is polishing, and CJ is kicking back and counting the dollars and cents. Pretty soon everyone is wet and tired -- except for CJ. But his teammates have a surprise in store for the master of the cash!Learning how to count money and make change are important real-life math skills -- but teamwork is the most valuable player in this sports story.
    I

  • Divide and Ride

    Stuart J. Murphy, George Ulrich

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Feb. 1, 1997)
    Young readers are invited to build pre-division skills and join in the fun at an amusement park, where eleven friends divide up to fit on a two-to-a-set roller coaster, the four-to-a-cup teacups ride, and more.
    K

  • Ready, Set, Hop!

    Stuart J. Murphy, Jon Buller

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, May 1, 1996)
    Trying to find out which is the better hopper, two frogs named Matty and Moe teach the basic math skills of adding and subtracting to young readers who also get to try out their problem- solving skills.
    M