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512 Ants On Sullivan Street (Scholastic Reader Collection Level 4) (Paperback)
by Carol A. Losi
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Numbers, Story, Ages 4-8, Children's book |
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| MSL Pointer Review:
This story is a delightful look at doubling, as ants steal food from a family picnic. Soon, all the food has gone down the ant hole! |
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Author: Carol A. Losi
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
Pub. in: July, 2006
ISBN: 043979854X
Pages: 48
Measurements: 0.2 x 6.0 x 8.8 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BC00044
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Two beginning readers with rhyming texts and colorful illustrations. The math concepts are evident but do not overpower the stories. The concluding activities can be used in a variety of ways with different age groups. Through a cumulative rhyme, The 512 Ants presents the concept of doubling numbers. A little girl and her caregiver start off on a picnic and "1 ant" sees them through his telescope. Then two ants appear, then four? Until 512 ants "had a picnic with goodies to eat, down in their ant hole on Sullivan Street." Merrell's illustrations are humorous and imaginative, especially in the way he shows the ants using various parts of the picnic fare to help get food out of the basket. Monster Math presents a day in the life of 12 different monsters, from their 6:00 a.m. wake-up through their day at school, until bedtime at 8:00 p.m. The author includes quarter-hour times, which are not often found in books for this age group. Two clocks appear on each page, one digital and one with hands. Hartelius's monsters create a very diverse, amusing school population. She has also provided some interesting details in the background illustrations. Readers will chuckle at some of the funny faces on the teapots and candlesticks and the strange animals the monsters take for show-and-tell.
Target readers:
Kids aged below 8
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A little girl watches as a series of ants (a mathematical series, first 1, then 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, etc.) liberate the goodies from her family's picnic basket and carry them away. Bright, cartoonlike art will keep children's interest despite the purposeful, pedagogical underpinnings of the story. Why the child lets the ants abscond with everything from cheese to fudge cake to take-out Chinese food is never explained, but it's hard not to sympathize with the industrious ants, who work hard to turn the picnic on Sullivan Street into a joyous underground feast. Like others in the Hello Math Reader series, this book ends with several pages of activities related to the theme (in this case, doubling numbers)
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Katherine M. Littrell (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
My son and daughter - aged 5 and 7 love this beautiful little book. The concept of continuous doubling of the number of ants that keep returning to the nest intrigues them. Although the book stops at 512, my children insisted that we keep doubling the number "up to infinity". Well, we kept on doubling until we ran out of paper!! The illustrations are wonderful, complementing this terrific children's treasure. |
Katherine M. Littrell (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
My four- and five-year old children love this book. It's one they request over and over again when it's story-time at home after dinner or at bed time. They love the little ants that invade the neighborhood picnic and discover a treasure trove of treats that they eventually haul little bits back to their labarynthian home. Each time they make the trip they bring more ants, each time doubling their number. My kids very painlessly learned their first multiplication lesson - doubling the number each time. a very cleverly conceived, thoroughly enjoyable book. |
Katherine M. Littrell (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
This charming, beautifully written and illustrated story helps young children understand the concept of "doubling" numbers. Each time the ants revisit the picnic, they bring more ant friends (in fact, exactly twice as many) to help haul the goodies back to their ant home. The simplicity of the story and each successive illustration with the ever increasing ant army subtly teaches the "doubling" concept. This is a must for any home library. |
A reader (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-26 00:00>
Engaging rhymes and recurring numerical refrain made this book a favorite of my 3 year old. Fun to read and replete with follow-on exercises building on the concept of "doubling". Highly recommended. |
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