Hungry For Math: Poems To

Munch On

Winters, Kari-Lynn and Lori Sherritt-Fleming. (December, 2014). Illustrated by Peggy Collins. Sequel to aRHYTHMetic. Followed by Hungry for Science: Poems to Crunch On and Hungry for the Arts: Poems to Chomp On.

Kari Lynn Winters and Lori Sherritt-Fleming team up again for another poetry collection for young readers with the emphasis on addition, subtraction, and numbers. This collection of fun poems put the emphasis on math and numbers concepts including measuring time, patterns, counting, symmetry, numbers, shapes, estimating and more!

  • Reading level: ages 5 - 8

  • 32 pages

  • Published Fitzhenry & Whiteside

  • ISBN-10: 1554553075

  • ISBN-13: 978-1554553075

Reviews

  • "The illustrations are fun and colorful, the writing is witty and entertaining… it’s a superb book for children” The trio responsible for this beautiful book are three Canadian women, Kari-Lynn Winters, Lori Sherritt-Fleming and Peggy Collins. Combining poetry, art and math… it’s not only fun it is also educational!"

    Review, in Lost in the Rain (June 3, 2015)

  • "Whether you want your child to count the five groups of ten fire-breathing creatures in “Rot-TEN Dragons” or the abundance of heart-shaped treats (which look very familiar) shelled out amongst the cats in “That Kitty Counts” is irrelevant. Little ones will want to count the assortment of delectables, determine the banana leaves needed to cover the treasure and learn to skip count in 2s or 5s, especially with Peggy Collins’ fun characters, human and non, to accompany them along the way. Kids won’t even know they’re learning. That adds up to a book full of promise."

    Review by Helen K, in CanLit for Little Canadians (March 15, 2015)

  • "It’s full of fun with numbers and sure to please both teachers and their students with rousing rhythms and a connection to the math that is a part of everyday life. Patterns in the sounds of music, 2-D shapes seen everywhere we look, fifty rot-TEN dragons hiding in five groups of ten, and the symmetry in the shape of a bee are all incorporated into lively, rhythmic language sure to make enjoyable reading and learning in math class."

    Review, in Sal’s Fiction Addiction (February 25, 2015)

Awards

Winner: Ontario Library Association’s Rainforest of Reading Reoder’s Choice Award for Grade 5 (2016).

Selected: Vancouver Public Library and the Children’s Writers and Illustrators of B.C. Society’s Reading Lights program.

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