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Give me half!

1996
Introduces the concept of halves using a simple rhyming story about a brother and sister who do not want to share their food.

Mighty Maddie

2004
As Maddie cleans up her room, she learns how to compare the weights of various objects.

Dave's Down-to-Earth Rock Shop

2000
As they consider sorting their rock collection by color, size, type, and hardness, Josh and Amy learn that the same objects can be organized in many different ways.

Shark swimathon

2001
As members of a swim team do laps to qualify for swim camp, readers can practice subtracting two-digit numbers to see how many laps are left to go.

The penny pot

1998
The face painting booth at the school fair provides plenty of opportunities to count combinations of coins adding up to fifty.

Seaweed soup

2001
As he asks more and more friends to join him for lunch, Turtle must make up sets of dishes to accommodate them.

Captain Invincible and the space shapes

2001
While piloting his spaceship through the skies, Captain Invincible encounters three-dimensional shapes, including cubes, cylinders, and pyramids.

Circus shapes

1998
Circus animals and performers getting ready for a show form basic geometric shapes.

A pair of socks

1996
Introduces pattern recognition as a sock searches the house for its lost mate.

Every buddy counts

1997
A little girl goes through the day counting her "buddies" which include one hamster, two sisters, three kittens, etc.

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