Myrtle's pet shop specializes in animals that swim, until the day that several strange boxes are left on her doorstep. Includes related multiplication activities.
Sheila Keenan is an established author of fiction and nonfiction for young people. Her books include the Eisner-nominated graphic novel Dogs of War, the picture book As the Crow Flies, I Spy The Illuminati Eye, and O, Say Can You See? America’s Symbols, Landmarks and Inspiring Words, among other selected titles. She lives in New York City.
This is a great book to read to a fourth or fifth grade class. It is a fun and interesting way to introduce and work on multiplication. It takes a rather hard and sometimes boring part of math and makes it fun by using something children like, animals.pp