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Math Curse |  | Author: Jon Scieszka
Creator: Lane Smith
Publisher: Viking Juvenile
List Price: $17.99
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Rating:  62 reviews
Sales Rank: 17778
Media: Hardcover
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Pages: 32
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 11 x 0.5
ISBN: 0670861944
EAN: 9780670861941
ASIN: 0670861944
Publication Date: October 1, 1995
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Product Description
Warm, humorous storybooks with colorful illustrations encourage math exploration and development of language and writing skills. Purchase individual books or the complete library. Library includes these books (click on link to get book descriptions):, Storytime, Mathtime,, How the Second Grade Got $8,205.50 to Visit the Statue of Liberty,, Telling Time with Big Mama Cat,, Fraction Action,, Counting on Frank,, The Greedy Triangle,, Each Orange Had 8 Slices,, Amanda Bean's Amazing Dream,, Mission: Addition,, Spaghetti and Meatballs for All!,, Math Curse,, A Remainder of One,, Knots on a Counting Rope
Amazon.com Review
Did you ever wake up to one of those days where everything is a problem? You have 10 things to do, but only 30 minutes till the bus leaves. Is there enough time? You have 3 shirts and 2 pairs of pants -- can you make 1 good outfit? Don't worry -- it's just the Math Curse striking! An amusing book about dealing with numbers in everyday life.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 62
 Hilarious August 27, 2009
J. Donohue (NJ)
This book is hilarious and both my 4 and 6 year old boys ask for this book nightly. Even my 9 year old girl loves it. It caters to all ages really. I find myself laughing hysterically. A wonderful discussion of math mixed with humor. Usually we get our books from the library, but when we find a gem, we get it for the home library. This is one of those books.
 Anxious humor July 2, 2009
Kathleen S. Kennedy (Colorado)
Readers will have little problem finding the anxious humor in this story at it explores the days events through math problems. The intensity of this tale builds with the use of dynamic illustrations that draw you ever deeper into the curse. An absolute word feast that may have some readers checking their dictionary. A calculated treat.
Oh my! March 22, 2009
Mary A. Sapp (Fredericksburg, VA)
A fun book my middle school students pull off the shelf! They enjoy the illustrations and the problems.
 Not for the novice, Not what I was looking for. . . January 14, 2009
CS (TX)
Especially after seeing how much this book was used in classrooms and even loved by a kindergartener in one review, I checked it out from the library before buying it. In my estimation it would be most useful for students who are already familiar with most of the concepts and perhaps students who are already frustrated with math. It reminds me of the humor one develops after studying long and hard for a final, and yes, you can't get the subject out of your head, making up problems which are humorous but that you know don't quite make sense. But I think the humor detracts from any help the text might be in _introducing_ concepts. Parts of it are well done, but other parts are just too distracting. One example would be the page on number series where the fourth example explains
"'And one the planet Binary, kids have only 1 finger on each hand. They count 1, 10 . . . .' 1. What are the next five numbers in each sequence above? 2. Do you think Mrs. Fibonacci has been to the planet Tetra? 3. How would you bowl if you lived on the planet Binary?"
I'm happy if this book is useful in promoting math literacy. It's definitely for older children. For younger ones, I'd recommend the CATegorical books by Brian P. Cleary; with fun rhymes and a much more direct approach to explaining and introducing concepts.
Perfect for the math lover in your life November 29, 2008
AvidAcrossThePond (New England)
Math Curse is a delightful introdution to some of the most famous formulas and figures in mathematics. I've always hated math, but I was thoroughly charmed by this whimsical adventure illustrated by the incomparable Lane Smith.
For younger children, Math Curse is an excellent way to gently nurture an interest in math. Thanks to Jon Scieszka's lively text, the fundamentals of higher math are easy to understand.
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