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Books in Mathstart: Level 3 series

  • Earth Day--Hooray!

    Stuart J. Murphy, Renee Andriani

    Library Binding (Rebound By Sagebrush, Jan. 20, 2004)
    FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A drive to recycle cans on Earth Day teaches the children of the Maple Street School Save-the-Planet Club about place value.
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  • Betcha!: Estimating

    Stuart J. Murphy, S. D. Schindler

    Library Binding
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  • Treasure Map

    Stuart J. Murphy, Tricia Tusa

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Sept. 14, 2004)
    Matthew has found a treasure map, and soon the Elm Street Kids' Club is off on a quest. The map guides them into a wonderful, magical world, but it's the real-life math skills of understanding distance, scale, direction, and symbols that will help Matthew, Sheri, Meg, Danny, and Jed -- with some assistance from Petey the parrot -- find a treasure hidden fifty years ago.
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  • Bigger, Better, Best!

    Stuart J. Murphy, Marsha Winborn

    Library Binding
    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!
  • Mighty Maddie

    Stuart J. Murphy, Bernice Lum

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2008-05-09, May 9, 2008)
    Maddie's room is a mess. Maddie's toys are everywhere. And Maddie has to clean them up before her birthday party starts. This looks like a job for ... MIGHTY MADDIE! Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a vacuum cleaner, Mighty Maddie, the room-cleaning superhero, gives readers a playful lesson about the difference between light and heavy.
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  • The Grizzly Gazette

    Stuart J. Murphy, Steve Bjorkman

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Dec. 24, 2002)
    It's the last week of Camp Grizzly, and the campers are preparing to elect a mascot. Each day the Grizzly Gazette takes a poll to see who has the biggest percentage of the vote so far. Is it Sophie? Is it Daniel? Or could it be Corey, the new entry in the race? Corey's determined to do her best. But she's got to make up for lost time. Can she win out over Daniel and Sophie? No one will know for sure until the last vote is counted! A lively story about summer camp fun will help young readers understand both percentage and voting!
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  • Less Than Zero

    Stuart J. Murphy, Frank Remkiewicz

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Aug. 19, 2003)
    Perry the Penguin needs 9 clams to buy an ice scooter -- but he's not very good at saving. As Perry earns, spends, finds, loses, and borrows clams, a simple line graph demonstrates the concept of negative numbers.
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  • The Grizzly Gazette

    Stuart J. Murphy, Steve Bjorkman

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Dec. 24, 2002)
    It's the last week of Camp Grizzly, and the campers are preparing to elect a mascot. Each day the Grizzly Gazette takes a poll to see who has the biggest percentage of the vote so far. Is it Sophie? Is it Daniel? Or could it be Corey, the new entry in the race? Corey's determined to do her best. But she's got to make up for lost time. Can she win out over Daniel and Sophie? No one will know for sure until the last vote is counted! A lively story about summer camp fun will help young readers understand both percentage and voting!
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  • Room for Ripley

    Stuart J. Murphy, Sylvie Wickstrom

    Library Binding (HarperCollins, Sept. 8, 1999)
    Carlos can't wait to get his very own fish, a guppy named Ripley. But first he has to make Ripley a good home, and that includes filling up the fish bowl with water. Readers will learn about cups, pints, quarts, and gallons as they find out just how much water it will take before there's room for Ripley.
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  • Spunky Monkeys on Parade

    Stuart J. Murphy, Lynne Woodcock Cravath

    Library Binding (Paw Prints 2009-07-10, April 9, 2009)
    Confetti is flying and music is booming--it's the Monkey Day Parade! As monkey cyclists, tumblers, and drummers march by, readers can practice counting them by two, threes, and fours, an essential first step toward learning multiplication.Roo
  • Safari Park

    Stuart J. Murphy, Steve Bjorkman

    Hardcover (HarperCollins, Dec. 18, 2001)
    It's 4 tickets for the Treetop Coaster! Just 2 for the Elephant Twirl! five cousins each have 20 tickets to spend at Safari, and a little algebra will tell them how many rides they can try. But who will dare the death-defying Terrible Tarantula?
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  • Every Buddy Counts

    Stuart J Murphy, Fiona Dunbar

    Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Feb. 1, 1997)
    A little girl starts counting with one little hamster, then two trumpet-playing sisters, and keeps counting past six slinky fish, eight playmates, and more--up to ten cuddly teddy bears. Anytime she feels lonely, this little girl counts her buddies and she can't help but feel glad again. Full color.
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