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Frankie Pickle And The Mathematical Menace (2010)

by Eric Wight(Favorite Author)

4.12 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

1416989722 (ISBN13: 9781416989721)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

review 1: Frankie Pickle struggles through a math test, turning the numbers into the monsters they truely are. When his wonderful teacher asks why he didn't do the test he told her he didn't know how to do the problems. She suggests that he come to her afterschool on Monday to try again. Frankie is supposed to spend the weekend studying for the new test, but he is distracted by his mom, who drags him shopping, his friend who comes to play a card game, his sister who encourages him play with her in the back yard. During each of these activities he uses everyday math to solve problems and strategize in the games. Chapters include comic book illustrations that show the true story of the number monsters, but the hero uses math strategies to do things like divide and con... morequer.
review 2: This is a clever story, a chapter book with brief graphic interludes. Basically, any time the story goes inside Frankie's head, the book turns into a comic for a couple of pages. This works very well. The story itself is about Frankie freezing up when it comes to a test, even though his homework shows that he knows the material. Math-phobia and test-phobia are real issues, and this one shows his family and friends understanding the real problem and helping him get past it. A cute book, and one that I would strongly recommend.The answer to his problem may be a little too pat, and not everyone will like the artwork, so I couldn't give it a fifth star, but it's a very solid 4. less

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