PUBLICATION DATE: 2004
AWARDS: Bill Martin Jr. Picture
Book Award Nominee (KS), Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Gold Award, Parenting
Magazine's Best Books of the Year
GENRE:
Nonfiction READING LEVEL: K-2nd
BRIEF OVERVIEW:
All the numbers are climbing the apple tree when bumblebees threaten the
numbers but zero is there to save the day.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will make their own apple trees. They will use two
numbers and add them together.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Alexis Messer- Valdosta State University

