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Bibliographic Information (APA): Author last name, First initial. (Year published). Title in italics. Illus. Illustrator First Name Last Name. City published, State published: Publisher.

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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Math Curse


Scieszka, J and Smith, L. (1995) Math Curse. Illus. Lane Smith. New York, NY: Penguin Books.

Brief Annotation: Math Curse is about an elementary boy who wakes up with a world of problems. Math problems! Everything he sees, hears, thinks about becomes a mathematical insinuation. He believes he is cursed and turning into a math zombie. This is a fun book with all the real life math situations a child will encounter.

Genre: Concept book, Picture book

Grade Level: 3-5

Readers who will like this: This is a great book for all ages, readers who enjoy math will like this book, even readers who don’t enjoy math will find it humorous. Math Curse is a good book for teachers and parents showing the importance of math.
Response/Rating (1-4): 4

One question you would ask before a read aloud: Opening with a math question would be fun for this book. How many books have we read as a class and how many books have you read on your own this year? What is the total?
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