Safari Park
By (Author) Stuart J. Murphy
Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman
HarperCollins Publishers Inc
HarperCollins
9th May 2002
United States
Children
Fiction
Childrens / Teenage fiction: General, modern and contemporary fiction
512.94
Paperback
40
Width 249mm, Height 203mm, Spine 2mm
158g
Kids, young and old, fall in love with math when they see how real-life and effortless it becomes thanks to these books. Kimberly D. Mueller, Ed.D., First Grade Teacher, Ashbrook School, Lumberton NJ
Safari Park is perfect for teaching solving for unknowns to second, third, and fourth graders.It's 4 tickets for the Treetop Coaster! Just 2 for the Elephant Twirl! Five cousins each have 20 tickets to spend at Safari, and a little algebra will tell them how many rides they can try. But who will dare the death-defying Terrible Tarantula
Kids will love the story and the funny illustrations by Steve Bjorkman.Parents and other educators will love how the story and pictures make understanding comparisons a breezeas well as the concrete examples of how math works! The book contains activities for adults to do with kids to extend math into their own lives!
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Stuart J. Murphy is a visual learning specialist. A graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, he has a strong background in design and art direction. He also has extensive experience in the world of educational publishing. Drawing on all these talents, Stuart J. Murphy brings a unique perspective to the MathStart series. In MathStart books, pictures do more than tell stories; they teach math. Stuart J. Murphy and his wife, Nancy, live in Boston.