Divide and Ride

Author: Stuart J. MurphyIllustrator: George Ulrich      Copyright: 1997         Genre:  Realistic Fiction      Reading Level: Age 6   Activity Grade Level: First Grade                               Book Description: The eleven kids go to the carnival, but for each ride they have to have a certain number of people to ride. So, the book challenges the readers to find out how many more people they need to ride each ride.

Integrated Activity: Each student will be given a domino, and they will have to write on a notecard how many more dots there needs to be to make each side even. 

Reviewers name and Affiliation: Lexi Simmons Valdosta State University

If Dogs Were Dinosaurs

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: David M. Schwartz/James Warhola
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc. PUBLICATION DATE: 2005
GENRE: Fiction PB READING LEVEL: 3rd Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book gives real examples of relative size. It makes learning about relative size fun and entertaining for children.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: My dog is a dinosaur: Give students a sheet of paper that has an ordinary dog on it. Then let the students paint on their dog and let them turn their dog into a dinosaur.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Hayley Morris, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: Informational, Math, Animals

Inch by Inch

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Leo Lionni
PUBLISHER: HarperCollins PUBLICATION DATE: 1960
AWARDS: Caldcott Medal, New York Times Best Illustrated Book

GENRE: Fiction READING LEVEL: 1st Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: A story about a worm who measures his way out of being eaten by birds
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Give the students a worksheet with pictures from the book and an “inchworm” ruler. Have them measure each item on the worksheet and label the measurement.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Rhonda Herb, Valdosta State University ECSE
LABELS: Nature, Animals, Measurment, Birds, Insects

One Bear, Two Bears

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Richard Hefter

PUBLISHER: One Strawberry Inc.                 

PUBLICATION DATE: 1980

GENRE: Fiction                    

READING LEVEL:  Kindergarten

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Bears that are numbered in a row do silly activities.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students predict what numbers are coming next to help with counting skills.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Megan Bassford, Valdosta State University ECSE

Night-Time Numbers: A Scary Counting Book

 AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Susan L. Roth

PUBLISHER:  Barefoot Books                PUBLICATION DATE: 1999

GENRE: Nonfiction/Informational     READING LEVEL:  Kindergarten

BRIEF OVERVIEW:  This book is a counting book to ten. The story follows a spooky theme. The story uses scary numbers and objects. At the story’s end, the angels keep you safe and sound.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will count the number of objects seen upon the pages of the book, while reading. Students will be given a sheet with names of objects found within the book and will be asked to draw/color pictures of the objects.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Brittany Welch, Valdosta State University ECSE)

LABELS: Halloween, NonFiction, Informational, Children’s Book, Math

Countdown to Kindergarten

AUTHOR: Alison McGhee

ILLUSTRATOR: Harry Bliss

PUBLISHER: HMH Books for Young Readers     PUBLICATION DATE: 2006

GENRE:  Comedy/Humor Fiction                         READING LEVEL:  PreK

BRIEF OVERVIEW: A little girl is worried for 1^st day of Kindergarten. She counts backwards from 10 throughout the story. She finds out Kindergarten is great.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Allow students to colorfully draw out numbers one through ten on a piece of paper, in a group. Then, have children to count number one through ten aloud both forwards and backwards within the groups.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Brittany Welch, Valdosta State University ECSE)

LABELS: Comedy, Humorous, Fiction, Children's Literature, Children's Book, PreK-1

I'm a Big Brother

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TITLE:  I’m a Big Brother

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Joanna Cole/Maxie Chambliss

PUBLISHER: HarperCollins PublishersPUBLICATION DATE: 2004

GENRE: Informational  READING LEVEL: 1^st  Grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: The little boy is now a big brother. He informs the readers of what he does to help out with the new baby.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: The children use their number skills find out how many children in the class has siblings.After coming up with the number they find out the number of sisters or brothers the class has as a whole. The data is used to make a bar graph. REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Kia Hill, Valdosta State University ECSE)

LABELS: (only use 3-5 from the list that apply to your book).

Ten Little Ladybugs

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Melanie Gerth/ Laura Hiliska-Beith
PUBLISHER:  Piggy Toes Press       PUBLICATION DATE:  2001
GENRE:  Fiction Picture Book     READING LEVEL:  Kindergarten
BRIEF OVERVIEW:  Children learn to count backwards from ten in this rhyming book about ladybugs.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:  Establish a pattern of subtraction, by having students line up while facing the class, dropping out one by one as you read.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Kimberly Hansen, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: (board book, math, Picture book, Counting ).

Night Noises

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mem Fox/ Terry Denton

PUBLISHER: Penguin Australia              PUBLICATION DATE: 1992

GENRE:  Realistic Fiction PB                     READING LEVEL: 2nd grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Pensive vote for forever youth as Lily receives a host of guests she didn't expect.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have children use addition to combine all the guests that came about to retrieve a sum.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION:Jasmine Rozier, Valdosta State University ECSE)

100th Day Worries

TITLE:  100th Day Worries

AUTHOR: Margery Cuyler

ILLUSTRATOR: Arthur Howard

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster

PUBLICATION DATE: 2000

GENRE: Realistic Fiction

READING LEVEL:  Ages 9+

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Jessica is a worrywart. She worries about what she'll eat that day, what she'll wear, etc. When she finds out her assignment is to bring 100 items of something to school on the 100th Day of School, she is sent into a panic. With the help of her family, she decides to bring 10 of 10 different items to school.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Bring 100 buttons, paper clips, or Popsicle sticks, etc. and divide students into groups. Have each group count their item by 2s, 5s, 10s, 20s, etc. Grade 2.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Kelsey Rice, Valdosta State University ECSE)

Stuck by Oliver Jeffers

author and illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
Copyright: 2011 Reading Level: PreK-3rd grade
Book Description: A book about a boy who gets his kite stuck in a tree. He continues to throw objects into the tree to retrieve the previous object thrown, because strangely enough, each and every object seems to get stuck in the tree. Surely there must be at least one object he can throw up in the tree to get the objects unstuck. Integrated Idea: Think about the different sizes of the items that Floyd throws in the tree. How long / tall / heavy is each one? How could you measure them? What units of measurement would we need to use? Could you make a list showing the measurements of each item and use these to make a graph? 

Reviewer's Name and affiliation: Bethany A. Loggins, Valdosta State University

The Librarian Who Measured the Earth

AUTHOR: Kathryn Lasky

ILLUSTRATOR: Kevin Hawkes

PUBLISHER: Little Brown Books for Young Readers

 PUBLICATION DATE: 1994

GENRE: Biography

 READING LEVEL: Third Grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: A colorfully illustrated biography of the Greek philosopher and scientist Eratosthenes, who compiled the first geography book and accurately measured the globe's circumference.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Use to introduce math terms related to circumference and begin discussing how to find the circumference of an object that is unable to be measured given the technology at hand. 

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Nicole Stuart-Valdosta State University

Marvelous Math

AUTHOR: Lee Bennett Hopkins 

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers              

PUBLICATION DATE: 1997

GENRE: Theme Poetry                       

READING LEVEL: Kindergarten - 3rd grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW:A book of playful poems that shows how math can be a part of our daily lives. The poems cover a range of topics from multiplication and fractions to time, counting and measurement.

 INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:Make up a poem that has to do with mathematical vocabulary. Fractions, days of the week, measuring, etc. are all acceptable. 

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jerre' Robinson - VSU Student

One Duck Stuck

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: (Author)Phyllis Root (Illustrator)Jane Chapman
PUBLISHER:Candlewick PUBLICATION DATE: 2001
GENRE: Fiction PB READING LEVEL: Preschool- 1st Grade
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Can two fish, tails going swish, help? Will three moose, munching on spruce, be able to pull the unlucky duck out of the muck? This counting rhyme is a feast of sounds and numbers that will have young listeners scrambling to join the slippy, sloppy fun!
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will choose the type and amount of animal, and then create an addition sentence using the one duck and the animals they choose.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Rachel Hill Valdosta State University

MRS.WATSON WANTS YOUR TEETH

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: ALISON MCGHEE

PUBLISHER: HARCOURT                PUBLICATION DATE: 2004

GENRE: FICTION READING LEVEL: PRE-K-1

BRIEF OVERVIEW:THIS IS THE STORY OF A FIRST GRADE GIRL WHO'S FRIGHTENED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL AFTER HEARING A RUMOR THAT HER TEACHER IS A 300-YEAR-OLD ALIEN WITH A PURPLE TONGUE WHO STEALS BABY TEETH. 

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: MATH 1ST GRADE-HAVE THE STUDENTS LOOK IN THE MIRROR AND COUNT THEIR TEETH. 

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: MYRA CERECERO- VSU

The Boy Who Loved Math: The Improbable Life of Paul Erdos

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Deborah Heiligman/ LeUyen Pham

PUBLISHER:  Roaring Brook Press  
PUBLICATION DATE: 2013

GENRE: Nonfiction                     READING LEVEL:  PreK-5

BRIEF OVERVIEW:

This book tells of the uniqueness of Paul Erdos, a famous mathematician and his love of numbers.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:

Students will develop their own mathematical problems using numbers found in the book.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Lashundra Coad, VSU

LABELS: Math, Culture, Nonfiction, Multiplication

Icky Bug Numbers 123

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Jerry Pallotta
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc.   PUBLICATION DATE: 2003
GENRE: Nonfiction/Informational  READING LEVEL: Prek-2nd
BRIEF OVERVIEW: Teaches kids all about numbers—with help from the ickiest bugs.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students can be given flash cards of numbers posted on cut out bugs displayed to the students. The students will have to identify what the number is.
REVIEWER'S NAME AND AFFILIATION: Jasmine Johnson, VSU

One Hundred Hungry Ants

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Elinor J. Pinczes/ Bonnie MacKain

PUBLISHER: HMH Books for Young Readers
PUBLICATION DATE: 1999

GENRE: Concept Book READING LEVEL: Ages 7-8

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Demonstrates multiplication through a group of ants traveling in varying arrangements of 100.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students are given a number of toy ants, which they arrange into equal lines. They then write a multiplication sentence that describes the grouping of 'ants'. (math)

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Chris Poppell

Zero the Hero

AUTHOR: Joan Holub ILLUSTRATOR: Tom Lichentenheld

PUBLISHER:  Henry Holt & Co.          PUBLICATION DATE: 2012     GENRE: Nonfiction Picture Book            READING LEVEL:  5-8 yrs

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Zero's friends didn't think he was very important until one day they needed his help. 

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students create their own "Zero the Hero".  On their hero they must include a math problem in which a property of zero is used.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Taylor Fallaw-Valdosta State University