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Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss (2008)

by Danica McKellar(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 3

ISBN

1594630496 (ISBN13: 9781594630491)

languge

English

genre

Young Adult Fiction

publisher

Hudson Street Press

review 1: Read through a few chapters to see if I could use this with a student who's struggling with math. I can't, but not because of any shortcomings of the book; he's just far outside the target audience (45 year old construction worker, rather than high school girl).If you are a high school girl, though, and are struggling with math, I could see it being a useful book. McKellar is great at describing concepts in a way that's simple, without being simplistic, is never pandering or patronizing, and has lots of metaphors that I think teenagers might find useful (describing variables in terms of a blind date, for example, and explaining order of operations with pandas).
review 2: This is the 2nd book that McKellar wrote about math (I read them out of order) and it's def... moreinitely written for the girl student. I like how she uses different names for math topics, like Mints for Integers, Pandas for PEMDAS, for instance. In each chapter dedicated to each math topic of pre-algebra (a good refresher for us adults), there are Quick Notes, Watch Outs, Reality Math, Takeaway Tips, and What's It Called? that has a drawing next to each of those sections. This aspect of it makes it appeal more to the female crowd, and I liked the cartoon tie-in to the name of the section. The other nice thing about this book is that you don't have to read the book in chapter order, in fact, you can jump around. There are even famous women testimonials on how they use math in their careers. I definitely think that middle school girls would like this book. less

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