The Annos demonstrate the concept of factorials. Inside a mysterious jar, there is some water, whichbecomes a sea. In that sea, there is an island, and so on until the reader has counted to 3,628,800! Full-color illustrations.
A wizard gives jack two magic seeds. 'Eat one,' he says, 'and you won't be hungry for another year. Bury the other and it will produce two more seeds.' Jack does as he is told the first year, but in the second year he buries two, not one. Jack's magic seeds grow by ones and twos--and more--and the reader adds and subtracts his or her way through ...
Basic math principles are presented via games and colorful illustrations. Concepts covered include measuring, proportions, classifying, computation, and sequences.
"An excellent introduction to number systems that is a beautiful wordless picture book as well. . . . Over the course of a year (each picture represents a month and time of day) a little town grows up with viewers witnessing the building of bridges, streets, and railroads. . . . Extraordinary lovely artwork".--School Library Journal. ALA Notable ...
Basic math principles are presented via games and colorful illustrations. Concepts covered include measuring, proportions, classifying, computation, and sequences.
Basic math principles are presented via games and colorful illustrations. Readers will be introduced to such concepts as making comparisons, symbolizing and counting objects, and measuring liquids.
This wordless picture book takes readers on a tour of Spain. Sharp-eyed readers can search for the self-portrait of the book's author/illustrator that is hidden in each of the colorful illustration.
Depicts the treasures and trash of a flea market, one Saturday morning in the town square, as men, women, and children buy and sell everything imaginable.
This deceptively simple alphabet book offers much in its beautiful illustrations. Each letter of the alphabet is drawn as a wooden sculpture standing boldly in the middle of a white page, while opposite is an object beginning with that letter. Both pages have a detailed decorative border, which, when scrutinized, is discovered to be filled with ...
'Dear Etienne, how's it going? I'm writing to invite you to Japan for two weeks in October.' This was the beginning, a crossing of two cultures, French and Japanese, which was going to awaken many things in each one of the authors who participated in this adventure: a stay in Japan does not leave one indifferent. Eight stories from nine European ...
This picture book explores what happens over the same 24-hour period for eight children living in eight different parts of the world. Features illustrations from such respected artists as Eric Carle, Leo and Diane Dillon, and Nicolai Ye Popov.
The first ten numbers, along with the concepts of addition, subtraction, number sets, and group theory are introduced in the forms of an entertaining game. An added pleaseure--the book can be read backward or forward. "A fresh, innovative way of teaching".--Booklist, starred review. Full-color illustrations.
Trying to wake her erstwhile best friend from an enchanted sleep, Chocolat discovers that she has magical abilities all her own. But will this discovery come too late to do any good?
Optical illusions form structures in which curious little men can go up stairs to get to a lower place, hang pictures on the ceiling, and walk on walls.
A wolf's attempt to figure out in which of five houses he is most likely to find one of three little pigs introduces such mathematical concepts as combinatorial analysis, permutations, and probabilities.
Young Freddy Fox finds a picture book featuring two fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm. He rushes home to have his father read him the stories, but because he can't read, the father makes up stories to go with the pictures. In this book-within-a-book, the original Grimm tale is also told on each page just above Father Fox's interpretations.
It's a new year, and Shigeta resolves to live for work this year without having any crushes for a while. When she gets home, Fuku tells her that she's getting married and will be moving out. Then Fuku calls off her marriage because her fiancee was cheating on her with her friend, and Shigeta considers living with Takahashi after Fuku moves out. ...
Shigeta's crazy love life continues, and this time it involves Takahashi! After Takahashi pays her a surprise visit, Shigeta comes to realize that he might not be such a bad guy after all. Before long, she even agrees to marry him. Does this mean that the legendary playgirl is off the market for good? Of course not! Shigeta and Takahashi are only ...
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