Double Those Wheels

by Nancy Raines Day, Steve Haskamp (Illustrator)

Monkey is making a very special delivery with a little help from a lot of wheels. Starting with a unicycle, Monkey doubles that wheel so he has two-a bicycle! Doubling again, two wheels become four-a car! The fun multiplies until sixty-four wheels-and a surprise ride-get him to the birthday celebration just in time.

Children fascinated by vehicles will delight in Monkey's gentle adventure. And the lively read-aloud text and bright, graphic illustrations make this introduction to basic multiplication twice as nice.

Genres: Picture Books, Transport, Childrens, Mathematics, Animals, Multiplication, Counting

32 pages, Hardcover

First published July 14, 2003

About the author

Nancy Raines Day is the author of fourteen picture books. Her most recent are Applesauce Is Fun to Wear and Baby's Opposites. Her first children's book, The Lion's Whiskers: An Ethiopian Folktale, was a New York Times notable book of the year. She earned a BA in journalism from the University of Michigan and an MA in literacy journalism from Syracuse University. Having raised a son and a daughter, Day lives with her husband on St. Simons Island in Georgia.

Reviews

[Jessica Calaway · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 - 6 years

[Jane Karen · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a fun read to learn numbers and multiplications my 2 and 5 year olds both love this!

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Short, rhyming text with a fun narrative and colorful pictures. I'm thinking it would be great to have in my classroom for my students that really struggle with the idea of double.

[Jill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Checked this out at the library for Emma. She loves it. We read six times today alone. The pictures are bright and colorful and the story involves a monkey, pizza and a hot air balloon...how could it not be a winner:)

[Paula · Rating 4 out of 5]

Monkey imakes a very special delivery with a little help from a lot of wheels. The lively read-aloud text and bright, graphic illustrations make this introduction to basic multiplication twice as nice. Full color.

[The Brothers · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great introduction in simple multiplication. A monkey is trying to deliver a pizza and keeps jumping from one form of transportation to another, each time doubling the number of wheels.

Illustrations are okay.

[SARAH · Rating 3 out of 5]

1 wheel unicycle; 2 wheel bike; four wheel car; 8 wheel tow truck; 16 wheel truck; 32 wheel etc...

[meg · Rating 5 out of 5]

most fun math picture book ever!