Splitting the Herd: A corral of Odds and Evens
This story cute little love story about two farmers whose
pastures are directly across from each other illustrates the math concept of
odds and Evens.
Every so often Miss Emma’s cows wander into cowboy Kirby’s
pasture and they have to split them up again. Cowboy Kirby knows just how to
split them evenly he counts all the cows up and splits them into odds and
evens. Emma takes the even numbered cows and Kirby takes the odd numbered cows,
but something is wrong the math just doesn’t add up.
So they meet together to go over the problem over cake in
the evenings only they spend so much time talking about other interesting
topics that the problem solving gets delayed. You’ll have to read the book to solve this
interesting math puzzle.
So the funny story about this picture book is that I
realized after reading the bios at the end that my cousin is married to the
illustrator. Crazy huh? Then I went back through the illustrations and found
all sorts of clues on the tin cans. The family name is drawn on the tin cans
and there are the acronyms BYU and CTR. (Brigham Young University, and Choose
the Right) So, yeah I find it ironic that I picked up this book at random and
it ended up being produced by someone I knew. Though, I have never met Trudy
Harris, who is Andrew’s(the illustrators) mother. I’ve only met him at random
family functions as my cousin’s husband. My brother Paul also went to Art
Center, a very highly respected art school in California. So that was the clue
that tipped me off.
This book tells the story of an Alley cat named Tally, who
is always keeping track of how he measures up to everyone around him in competitions
with tally marks. Well, this talent come in handy when he get into a spot of
trouble. He knows just who to ask for help. This book helps younger reader to
recognize and learn how to use tally markes.
I think this one was one of my favorites it is an expansion
of the traditional nursery rhyme. The mouse runs up the clock at one but when
it strikes two the cat leaps up to chase him. So goes the rest of this charming
picture book as the hours pass the chase continues all throughout the town.
The words have the original nursery rhyme feel, but author
adds her own originality to it and so this is a delightful read.
This is a short little board book that tries to convey the
idea of up and down. A little girl is playing with her bear by throwing it up
and catching it when it comes down, but it gets stuck up in a tree. How will the little girl get her bear back? A
very interesting read as most or the story is told with illustrations and the
only words are up, down, and bear. My little girl loved to read this one.
Wow, It’s a Cow
This is a fun farm animal themed pop-up book. The farmer is giving you good advice on how
to find his cow by describing just how it doesn’t look. The animal rolling
around in the muck and calling “oink, oink” is obviously not a cow and is a
pig. Just pull up the flap and you will see a pig enjoying his pail of
delicious slop. Other animals we meet include a horse, duck, bird, sheep, and
at long last the famous cow.
Pattern Fish A delightful under the sea romp intended to teach children about patterns. Each page features a different sea creature that has an accompanying patterned rhyme that illustrates how it looks or moves in the sea. For example, a blow fish goes bubble-bubble-pop as it swims along in the water. The accompanying art emphasizes the patterns in the text. Several pages at the end of the book are dedicated to describing different types of patterns and how we keep track of them.
Say Something Perico
I found this book to be funny because the bird, Perico, speaks Spanish. He keeps getting matched up with owners that misunderstand his Spanish words for English ones. Example one interested pet owner ask how he is doing. Perico responds, "Mal." This leads every to believe that Perico wants to go to the mall. Will Perico ever find an owner that can actually understand him? A clever bilingual book that will amuse many a reader.
Full Bibilography:
100 DAYS OF SCHOOL
PATTERN FISH
PATTERN BUGS
TWENTY HUNGRY PIGGIES
UP BEAR, DOWN BEAR
OVER, UNDER, IN AND OUCH!
SPLITTING THE HERD: A CORRAL OF ODDS AND EVENS
SAY SOMETHING, PERICO
THE ROYAL TREASURE MEASURE (2012)
THE CLOCK STRUCK ONE
WOW! IT'S A COW
TALLY CAT KEEPS TRACK
JENNY FOUND A PENNY
2 comments:
Pattern Fish!!!! This is one of our all-time favorite picture books. Kiddos get really into it, and it's somehow very satisfying to read out loud. Our copy is held together by a lot of loving tape.
I really liked pattern fish too. Kindal didn't like it so much, but I loved the fish sounds. I think I may recheck this one out from the library because Sera has gotten more into sea animals recently.
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