One Odd Day

by Doris Fisher, Dani Sneed, Karen Lee (Illustrator)

This humorous, rhythmic, read-aloud story is about a young boy who awakens to find that everything around him is odd. He has one shoe, his shirt has three sleeves, and his dog has five legs! Children and adults will delight in finding all the odd things hidden in the art. The “For Creative Minds” section includes odd fun facts, an odd coloring chart a “How Odd?” Oddities section, a Creative Sparks supplement and a counting activity.

Genres: Mathematics, Picture Books, Childrens, Fiction, Teaching

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 20, 2006

Reviews

[Audrey · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute and funny. My daughter and I were laughing while reading this book.

[Greg Cockrell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book's title is called One Odd Day. It has two authors, and their names are Doris Fisher and Dani Sneed. This book's Illustrator is Karen Lee. This book was very entertaining; it made me laugh and I’m sure that it would have gotten some younger students to laugh as well. The setting started in the main “characters” home and then shifted to his school. At home, the “character” ran into lots of things that were odd. For example, his alarm clock was going off and it only had odd numbers on it: 1,3,5,7,9, and 11. When he got dressed he found his pants and a shirt that was odd, because it had three sleeves then he found only one sock and one shoe. Things just got even more odd from there. He went into the kitchen and found his dog that had five legs. When the “character” got to school, he saw a calendar in the classroom and it only had odd numbers on it. In the picture at this part of the book it seemed like the class would have been doing some independent reading because the “character” was reading at a table and stopped to see the odd calendar. The calendar was for October, but if you looked at the picture in the book you would see that it reads Oddtober. Then I noticed something a little odd myself. The book that the boy was reading was the same book as the one I am doing the review on. The illustrator was able to draw in the cover of the actual book into the picture. At first, I thought it was odd but then I thought it was cool. Later when the boy was home, he was wanting to go to bed because he was hoping that the next day would be normal again. And at first glance when he woke up it was. He had found two shoes, his dog had four legs, but then his mom came in and had two heads. His room had six doors and eight beds. Now it's evens day. I thought this book was great. It would be a good picture book to read aloud to younger students. Age wise around first grade, I say this because there were almost no challenging words. The words that were in this book the students would already know. I am considering getting this book for my future classroom depending on if I am teaching around that grade level.

[♥ I’d Rather Be Reading ♥ · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read Count: 2+

3 stars

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SUMMARY: (SPOILER WARNING)

A boy wakes up one day to find that everything is...odd. No, literally. Everything is strange, but also in groupings of odd numbers.

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REVIEW:

Kind of weird but also entertaining and silly. Some things are kind of creepy to me, but definitely "odd".

My son wanted to read this again (we've read it before). He obviously already knows his odd and even numbers (he's in 4th grade), but it's still a pretty fun and cute way to introduce or review them. He just thinks it's a silly story.

I like the illustrations and the rhyming. Pretty clever.

Overall it's a cute math related book made to be fun and engaging, while also educational.

[Mariah Everett · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this book! Illustrations are beautiful. This is a wonderful way to introduce odd numbers! The back of the book contains some thought provoking questions about odd numbers for kids, accompanied by some fun art projects to illustrate what they learned about odd numbers. Looking foward to reading the book's twin on even numbers!

[Jo Oehrlein · Rating 3 out of 5]

A silly story that intentionally conflates "odd" like odd number and "odd" meaning weird or unusual.

The boy experiences an odd day where the calendar and clock only have odd numbers, the dog has an odd number of legs, his shirt has an odd number of sleeves, etc.

At the very end, we find an even day.

Both sound silly, but neither sound fun.

[Ryann Rogers · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a great book to use during a math lesson. I will use it when teaching students the difference between odd and even numbers. I can use dice to have them roll and determine if the numbers are odd or even or I could even have a few items that are presented within the book to show them a even better visual

[Parsley · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wasn't mad on it but the kids in my class absolutely loved it! They spent ages spotting all the odd numbers and counting things in the background and working out all of the strange things in each picture. So for their entertainment it was great.

[Bailey Monteith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a short book that can help students identify odd numbers, especially 1,3,5,7,9 and 11. The beginning of the book defines which numbers are odd and towards the middle of the book, it identifies where odd numbers would be found on the number line.

[Jnase1 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Might be a fun picture book to read when studying odd and even. Reminded me of Dr. Seuss’ Wacky Wednesday.

[Lucca · Rating 4 out of 5]

My dd loved the Even Day book so we were excited to read this one. Great illustrations and fun way to bring numbers into reading.

[Natasha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a hoot! The kids fall over themselves laughing to this being read aloud. They're also gaining an understanding of odd and even numbers which is a bonus!

[Maki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulous, funny, fun and creative for kids to learn about odd numbers.

[Kristen Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about a boy who has a very ODD day. Things are not right and everything has an "odd" number of things such as only having one sock, three sleeves, and his dog having five legs. The next day he wakes up, hoping everything will be EVEN, and back to normal. Things are even...but he has eight doors, six beds, and his Mom has two heads! You could create a lesson by having the students create their own odd creature making it silly looking by using odd numbers of props. The back of the book explains all the different meanings for the word "odd" including how an odd number is different from an even number and gives examples. This would be a GREAT book to use for teaching odd and even. I think that it would really engage the students and connect with them very well.

[Eileen Carter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a book that should be used by all teachers to help children when they are learning about odd and even numbers. The book rhymes making it easy for children to read. The pictures are colorful and bright to engage the reader.

Doris Fisher has done an outstanding job of making learning about numbers fun. Anyone who reads this book will have to smile as reading it with the silly antics of a dog with 5 legs, a calendar that crawls up the wall and a lunch pail full of fish to name a few.

I would highly recommend this book to parents, and teachers of young children to help them better understand about odd numbers.

[Megan MacDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can't imagine an odd day like this! This book combines a story with math facts, and could surely be used when learning odd and even numbers. This text is also very interactive and many activities could be developed from this story. The main character runs into many funny things-all with odd numbers on this odd day! The pictures are silly and engaging and young children could have fun pointing out the odd things or numbers they can find in the book. It makes me wonder, what can I find that is odd?!

[Brianna · Rating 4 out of 5]

Grade Level(s): K-3
* Teaches students number patterns and grouping numbers (i.e. odd, even numbers)
* Demonstrates to students that there are different methods of counting besides 1-2-3
* Students can create their own number patterns and share with a peer.
* Have students figure out the rule(s) to a number pattern.
* For lower grade levels, students can practice patterns in several ways. For example, tell students that you are thinking of a "secret rule" and invite several students to stand up in front of the class. Have the rest of the class try to figure out the secret rule.

[Brittani Jordan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this odd book that is actually very good. It rhymes and counts the crazy things that have odd numbers. From home to school there are so many odd things all around. A good distinction from even. Even number do not have a buddy so have students draw even-numbered things and write the numbers next to them.

[Erin · Rating 5 out of 5]

A boy wakes up to find everything in odd numbers. There are only odd numbers on his alarm clock. He could only find one sock. His shirt had three arms instead of two. And his dog had five legs instead of four!

[Lacey Smith · Rating 4 out of 5]

One Odd day is a fun and engaging book to help children discuss odd numbers. Because of the great examples and illustrations in the book children could easily go about finding their own "odd" things around the classroom and at a home.

[Leslie Rock · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a silly book that adds humor and fun to counting. The boy wakes up and everything around him is odd. It's great to teach young students the difference between odd and even numbers. It could also be extended to have the students find odd things in their own home or classroom.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a fun book that teaches about odds and evens. The story is fantastic and the illustrations are wild. Our girls enjoyed watching the story on the Tumblebooks website. (tumblebooks.com)

[Michele · Rating 3 out of 5]

A boy wakes to experience an odd-numbered day -- only odd numbers appear.

[Tiffany Young · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about a boy who has a very odd day, he's seeing everything in odd numbers. This book would be really good for introducing odd numbers to students.

[Nicole Noles · Rating 5 out of 5]

1st Read: 9/8/12

[Azriana Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about an odd day. It teaches odd numbers and facts. Children will find this book fun because they can find all of the odd things in the book.

[Pamela Powell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A boy wakes one morning to discover that everything around him is based on odd numbers! His shirt has 3 sleeves, his dog has 5 legs. Fun!

[Terry]

Humorous illustrations and a rhyming story combine to help kids identify odd numbers from 1 to 99. A coloring activity at the back helps them create visual effects of number patterns for themselves.

We shared with a K/1 class. What did they think? Check it out.