Author: Robie H. Harris
Illustrator: Chris Chatterton
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Copyright: 2018
Date read: 4/20/18
This is a very simple book that shows an elephant child building a tower. As he builds, he learns that stacking the blocks in different ways can result in towers that are stronger. I like the concept but feel that it was too simple for most kids that are interested in building. 3 stars.
More information from the publisher:
CRASH! BOOM!
A Math Tale
by Robie H. Harris
illustrated by Chris Chatterton
Picture book
913⁄16 x 101⁄4 32 pages
Ages 2–5
Preschool–Kindergarten
Pencil and digital artwork
May
ISBN: 978-0-7636-7827-2
$15.99 ($21.99 CAN)
How do these blocks stack up? Gentle math concepts go down easy in this fun and accessible story for very young children by the esteemed Robie H. Harris.
Elephant has a bucket of blocks and wants to build something tall. Something as tall as Elephant. But will it stay up? CRASH! BOOM! Not this time. Build it again? One block. Two blocks? Four blocks?
It’s still not as tall as Elephant. More blocks! Now will it stay up? Now will it be as tall as Elephant? Build, balance, count—question, estimate, measure—predict, crash, and build again!Young children
will happily follow along as Elephant goes through the ups and downs of creating something new and finally celebrates the joy and pride of success.
Robie H. Harris is the New York Times best-selling author of It’s Perfectly Normal: Changing Bodies, Growing Up, Sex, and Sexual Health; It’s So Amazing! A Book About Eggs, Sperm, Birth, Babies, and Families; and It’s NOT the Stork! A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families, and Friends. She is also the author of the Let’s Talk About You and Me series. Robie H. Harris lives in New York City.
Chris Chatterton is an author, animator, and the illustrator of There’s a Bison Bouncing on the
Bed! by Paul Bright and When Santa Came to Stay by Timothy Knapman. Chris Chatterton lives in Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
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