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The
Best Bug Parade. Illustrated by Holly Keller. Various bugs in the garden
compare their sizes. At the same time, children learn about relative sizes, they
also learn about the comparative forms of adjectives: small, smaller, smallest;
good, better, best; and so on. Very few words per page. HC-7007. $4.46-D 
Just
Enough Carrots: Comparing Amounts. Illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz.
Little rabbit is horrified when Mama Rabbit puts lots of peanuts and worms in
her grocery cart. He thinks she should buy more carrots. And he tries to talk
her into buying more carrots and fewer peanuts, "First you chomp, then you chew,
and you chew." His opinion of the worms: "Please don't buy any worms. I really
hate worms. They squish and they squirm and they crawl." Mother continually
points out that other animals have more or less of favored or objectionable
items in their carts. The illustrations in this book are priceless. You will
love the expressions on Little Rabbit's face as he negotiates with his mother in
the supermarket and finally eats his treasured carrots. And young readers
will learn the concepts of "more, same, fewer." HC-7112. $4.46-D 
A Pair
of Socks: Matching. Illustrated by Lois Ehlert. A clean sock complains
it will never be worn because it can't mind its mate. It points out why the
other socks it sees aren't right: "This one's sudsy and slimy -- not the same, I
can see." Finally the pup grabs the complaining sock and hauls it to its basket.
And guess what's there! The double spread shows five pair of socks scattered for
children to match up. HC-7031. $4.46-D 
Animals
on Board: Adding. Illustrated by R. W. Alley. Trucker Jill is driving a
special load, but several other trucks pass her, carrying various animal
replicas. She counts the various animals, adding them together by load (6 + 1 =
7, and so on, so young readers can get used to the form.) At the end of the book
Jill's load is revealed and related to all the animals that passed her along the
way, and children are encouraged to find them all in the last two pages.
HC-7163. $4.46-D 
Elevator
Magic: Subtracting. Illustrated by Brian Karas. Brian meets his mother
at the end of her work day on the tenth floor. But they have several stops to
make before meeting Dad on the first floor. Brian learns to subtract as he
figures out which elevator buttons to push to go down 2 floors, 3 floors, and so
on. Each floor seems to have a special surprise that's like magic. 
A Fair
Bear Share: Regrouping. Illustrated by John Speirs. Mother Bear sends
her four little bear cubs out to pick berries, nuts, and seeds to make her
special Blue Ribbon Blueberry Pie. All four take baskets, but only three work.
The other does nothing but play. When they take the fruits of their labor home,
mother bear piles them in groups ten and the ones leftover. But sadly, there
aren't enough to make the pie because only three little bears did their fair
share. The three who worked hard looked at their little sister, who had brought
home nothing. First she looked sadly at the floor, but then she jumped up, took
three baskets, and went out to do what she should have done in the first place.
And when she had her three baskets counted out and added to the rest, there were
enough berries, nuts, and seeds to make the pie. As they ate it, Mother Bear
told them how proud she was of all of them for doing their fair bear share.
HC-7147. $4.46-D 
The
Penny Pot: Counting Coins, illustrated by Lynne Cravath. Jesse wanted to
get her face painted at the school fair, but she only had 39
cents and the price for face-painting was 50 cents. Fran, who did the face
painting, encouraged Jesse to sit and wait for the penny pot to fill enough to
provide the extra pennies she needed. As each person paid money, any pennies
left over were donated to the penny pot to contribute to students like Jesse who
did not have enough. The coins each person brings are groups by type so that the
amounts are easy for young readers to count. Finally Jesse was able to count 51
pennies in the pot, and a timely accident helps her decide what kind of face she
wants. HC-7171. $4.46-D 
Ready,
Set, Hop!: Building Equations. Illustrated by Jon Buller. Two playful
frogs challenge each other to see who can reach the log, the rock, the pond, in
less hops. Matty is tall and has longer legs, but Moe says he's a big frog and
can hop long hops, too. As they figure out who wins, young readers learn how to
build equations and solve problems. And they also enjoy watching Matty and Moe
play together. HC-7023. $4.46-D 
Too
Many Kangaroo things to Do!: Multiplying. Illustrated by Kevin O'Malley.
It's Kangaroo's birthday and he wants to play. But his friends are all to busy
to play with him. Emu has too many emu things to do. The two platypuses have too
many platypus things to do. So Kangaroo hops over to the eucalyptus tree to see
if his three koala friends can play, but, of course, they have too many koala
things to do. And so on. Kangaroo is pictured crying, but, of course, in the end
his friends call him back for his surprise birthday party. As each animal
recites a list of things to do, the list is written in the form of a
multiplication table, with the objects (cakes, candles, boxes, prizes, balloons,
etc) pictured so that groups of objects being added (or multiplied) can be
easily seen, and so that young readers will learn that multiplication is a
faster way of adding.