In sensational (and highly unlikely) newspaper stories, readers can count giant banjos, carrot icicles, pickle balloons, and jelly faucets. Max Grover’s paintings, with their intense color and unexpected juxtapositions, make counting more fun than a car with sixteen wheels on one side! “The paintings are wonderously bright, oscillating between campy humor and pure absurdity. A full-blast ch…
Ever wonder just what a million of something means? How about a billion? Or a trillion? Marvelosissimo the mathematical magician can teach you! How Much Is a Million? knocks complex numbers down to size in a fun, humorous way, helping children conceptualize a difficult mathematical concept. It's a math class you'll never forget. This classic picture book is an ALA Notable Book, a Reading …