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Teddy Bear Subtraction

Part of McGrath Math

Author Barbara Barbieri McGrath

Illustrated by Tim Nihoff

Hardcover

$17.95 US

Charlesbridge

10.28"W x 7.25"H x 0.33"D | 12 oz | 40 per carton

On sale Mar 01, 2016 | 32 Pages | 9781580894265

Age 4-8 years

Reading Level: Lexile 500L | Fountas & Pinnell M

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One less teddy leaves how many?

Subtraction is simple when big bears count, sort, and take away tiny teddies. The familiar bear counters will appeal to young readers just learning basic math concepts.

Part of the McGrath Math series perfect to match with the popular teddy bear manipulatives that show how much fun math can be.

Praise for Teddy Bear Math:

"Young readers should find it easy yet gratifying to count the chunky, colorful bears."
—Publishers Weekly

"[A] solid introduction to addition."
—School Library Journal

Barbara Barbieri McGrath has written over twenty books for children, including The Little Gray Bunny, The Little Red Elf, and many bestselling math concept books. After graduating from Lasell College with a degree in Early Childhood Education, Barbara opened a preschool where she taught 4-5 year olds for sixteen years. Her love for writing, children and making learning fun was the inspiration for her first children's book, The M&M Brand Counting Book, which sold over 1 million copies. She lives in Natick, Massachusetts. View titles by Barbara Barbieri McGrath

Tim Nihoff View titles by Tim Nihoff

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Teddies are ready—
they’re bustling about.
It’s time to subtract.
Won’t you help them out?

Copyright © 2016 by Barbara Barbieri McGrath (Author); Tim Nihoff (Illustrator). All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.

Brightly colored, uncluttered page illustrations support understanding and practice of subtraction in both units and tens. Friendly faced gummy-bear-like creatures make up sets of blue, yellow, purple, red, green, and orange teddies, which are all big enough on hte page that little ones can easily point and count to solve each problem. Each color contains a different number to allow for discussion of less than and more than as well as equal. Every equation is clearly presented both visually in groups of bears, complete with trails of little paw prints to indicate which ones have left, as well as numerically and verbally. Carryin gfrom tens to units and checking subtraction through addition round out this approachable introduction. Well suited both to the very young who are interested in numbers already and learners in early grades who need some visual support to crack subtraction, this simple picture book's rhyming scheme adds just the right level of mnemonic enhancement ot reassure young mathphobes that hte rules can be simple to learn and retain.
—Booklist

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