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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!

Give Me Half!

Stuart J Murphy, MR G Brian Karas

Library Binding (Perfection Learning, May 1, 1996)

Splitting things in half may seem like an easy thing to do, but when two siblings and a pizza are involved, things can get messy. Children learn about fractions at school, but fractions are also an important part of everyday life outside the classroom.

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Circus Shapes

Stuart J. Murphy, Edward Miller

School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 18, 1997)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Circus animals and performers getting ready for a show form basic geometric shapes.

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The Best Vacation Ever

Stuart J Murphy, Nadine Bernard Westcott

Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Feb. 1, 1997)

This busy family needs a vacation, but they don't know where to go. Mom and Dad want peace and quiet, and Grandma wants to go somewhere hot. The pig-tailed narrator gathers all this data and makes a chart to help determine the perfect vacation destination.

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Sluggers' Car Wash

Stuart J. Murphy, Barney Saltzberg

Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 20, 2002)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. When the 21st Street Sluggers, a baseball team, have a car wash to raise money, they learn to keep careful track of their dollars and cents.

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Probably Pistachio

Marsha Winborn

School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 25, 2000)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Readers are introduced to the concept of probability in a story about a boy who has a day in which nothing goes right. MathStart Level 2: Probability.

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Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom!

Stuart J Murphy, Chris L Demarest

Library Binding (Perfection Learning, Jan. 1, 2000)

The yellow cars beep! The red cars vroom! As Molly plays with her big brother's toy cars, readers will see and recognize patterns, an essential first step in learning to reason from the specific to the general. But can Molly put the cars back in the right order before her brother returns?

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Monster Musical Chairs

Stuart J. Murphy, Scott Nash

Hardcover (Harpercollins Childrens Books, Aug. 1, 2000)

As six monsters play a wild game of musical chairs, readers learn to subtract--one chair at a time.

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A Fair Bear Share

Stuart J. Murphy, John Speirs

School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Dec. 17, 1997)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Four bear cubs collect ingredients for a blueberry pie, counting and recounting them as their supply grows.

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Coyotes All Around

Stuart J. Murphy, Steve Bjorkman

School & Library Binding (Turtleback Books, Aug. 14, 2003)

FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A pack of coyotes tries to determine how many roadrunners and other creatures are in their vicinity, and while some count different groups and add their totals together, Clever Coyote rounds off and estimates.

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More or Less

Stuart J Murphy, David T Wenzel

Library Binding (Perfection Learning, March 1, 2005)

Is your age more than 5? Is it less than 10? Eddie's got to guess. And he doesn't want to be wrong! Eddie has a booth at the school fair, guessing people's ages. He hasn't guessed wrong yet, but if he does, he gets dunked. Can Eddie keep guessing right -- and keep from getting wet? Comparing whole numbers and understanding what's more and what's less are a big part of Eddie's strategy, and an important math skill for young readers to learn.

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Elevator Magic

Stuart J. Murphy, G. Brian Karas