How many bees does it take to make one jar of honey?How many soccer balls would fit inside a hollow Earth?How many pieces of gum would it take to stick you to a wall—and keep you there?Believe it or not, you can find out the answers to these questions yourself—using math! Combining questions from real readers like you with surprising answers, Laura Overdeck's How Many Guinea Pigs Can Fit on a Plane? proves that numbers can be fun—and that math is power.

Bedtime Math wants to change the way we introduce math to children: to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives.We all know it's wonderful to read bedtime stories to kids, but what about doing math? Many generations of Americans are uncomfortable with math and numbers, and too often we hear the phrase, "I'm just not good at math!" For decades, this attitude has trickled down from parents to their kids, and we now have a culture that finds math dry, int...

Our mission: to make math a fun part of kids' everyday lives."We want kids to feel about math the way they feel about dessert after dinner." —Laura Overdeck, Time magazineIn, Bedtime Math: This Time It's Personal, families will find fun, mischief-making math problems that kids can't wait to figure out. With over 100 math riddles on topics from pillow forts and and sneeze speeds to overfed pets and underwear, kids will find...

What do you do when a data set seems too large or complex to handle? In this book, students will learn how the collection and use of data plays an important role in projects of all kinds. Fun, engaging text introduces readers to new ideas and builds on concepts they may already know. Additional tools, including a glossary and an index, help students learn new vocabulary and locate information.

Join Sir Cumference for wordplay, puns, and problem solving in this entertaining, medieval math adventure story about radius and the number Pi.This time the math adventure is centered around a potion that changes Sir Cumference into a fire-breathing dragon. Can Radius change him back? Join Radius on his quest through the castle to solve a riddle that will reveal the cure. It lies in discovering the magic number that is the same for all circles.The second in...

Make simple origami-for-kids projects with this easy origami book.Ideal for home or school use, Origami Activities for Children is a classic origami paper craft book that includes fun projects organized by seasons and U.S. holidays and offers varying levels of difficulty so that every child—from the origami beginner to the experienced paper folder—will find something of interest. Teachers will also find this origami book to be a great help in their classro...

How about incorporating Mathematics to plants? Well, this book will teach your kids how to multiply and divide with the help of our ever trusted plants and seeds. This book was designed to remove the intimidating perception about Math by creating games out of it. Your kids should love playing these games as they unconsciously answer Math problems on their own. Get it here.

Tangle Art and Drawing Games for Kids is perfect for families who want to sneak a little more creativity into their lives and have fun doing it. It's about exploring, experimenting, and getting lost in creativity. It's not focused on goals, but on enjoying the process.Professional artist Jeanette Nyberg brings to life 46 drawing games that offer playful, easy ways to get a pen moving across a page, help keep the mind focused, and provide hours of edifying entertainment. Mo...

In this humorous look at shapes, Brian P. Cleary and Brian Gable introduce circles, ovals, triangles, squares, and rectangles. The comical cats of the wildly popular Words Are CATegorical® series explain how to identify each shape and provide loads of examples. Peppy rhymes, goofy illustrations, and kid-friendly examples make shaping up a snap!

This fun and colorful book will help your child to easily learn 123s like never before. Each page contains different types of sea animals that will surely keep your children using this book over and over again.

What do you want to be when you grow up? Consider all your options. How about being a game designer and creating computer action games similar to the ones you play? Or, if you like chocolate, you could become a chocolatier and make delectable treats. There's even the possibility of studying fascinating bugs for a living—as an entomologist. The choices are endless. So come read about fourteen professionals and the unusual and satisfying work that they do. Maybe some of these career paths wi...

Give students the confidence to identify connections between topics and apply their reasoning to mathematical problems, so as to develop a deeper understanding of mathematical concepts and their applications, with resources developed with subject specialists and MEI (Mathematics in Education and Industry).- Prepare students for assessment with plenty of practice questions, worked examples and skill-focused exercises.- Help build connections between topics wit...