Bedtime Math: The Truth Comes Out

Reviewed by: Jeri Fitzpatrick - GNGMS, Gray, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: July 21, 2015

Review

Illustrations are acrylic and simple. This is book three in the Bedtime Math series. Laura has a MBA in astrophysics from Princeton and a MBA from Wharton School of Business. Are you wondering how a children's math book can be for four different age levels? The set up of the book has a short one page fact story. EX; Ice Cream for all- even astronauts, marshmallows for the soul, stick in the mud(sicle), the tall keep getting taller... 40 in all. The next page has questions for WEE ONES...preschool, LITTLE KIDS...grades K-3, BIG KIDS....grades 4-6, and BONUS... grades 7-9. EX: WEE ONE: "If you have 6 cans of Kutal and use 1 as Play-Doh, how many cans are left?", LITTLE KIDS: "If you take your cans of Kutal (wall paper cleaner later became Play-Doh) and dye one orange, then one lime green, then one electric blue, then one hot pink, then one orange to start over, what colors do you dye the next 3 cans?", BIG KIDS: "If a can of blue Play-Doh can make either 4 blue giraffes or 16 blue frogs, how many animals can you make if you use 1/2 the can for giraffes and for frogs?", BONUS: "If you make a giant giraffe as tall as a house, and you need 128 cans of blue Play-Doh for the body plus 1/8 as many orange cans for the spots, how many cans do you need?" Answers are located upside down at the bottom of the page and there is a chart at the end of the book.

Overall Book Score: excellent