If You Were an Odd Number

Math Fun

by Sarah Dillard Marcie Aboff, Sarah Dillard (Illustrator)

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Genres: Mathematics, Childrens, Education, Nonfiction, Picture Books, Animals

24 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2008

Reviews

[George Rojas · Rating 5 out of 5]

This picture book by Marcie Aboff, illustrated by Sarah Dillard is a fun and creative book that teaches children about odd numbers. The animals are personified as humans in order to illustrate the different ways odd numbers are part of the real world. This introduces themes such as sharing, friendship, teammates, and safety. Altogether, this adds to the representation of numbers because the picture book provides several examples of how odd numbers work within realistic settings. Children can learn how there is nothing wrong with odd numbers especially when it comes to working in groups and sharing. What gets this message across is Aboff and Dillard’s use of imagination. There are several images that play with imagination as some of the animals are personified doing human things such as playing sports or in a clasroom setting. This makes learning fun for children by presenting them with different examples of odd numbers through the characters. In Michael Heyman and Kevin Shortsleeve’s “Nonsense,” both focus on Edward Lear, an English humorist and illustrator, to explain the significance of children’s literature. Lear’s biographer noted that his work included “‘safety and imagination,’” for children (pg.134). It is evident how this picture book also uses aspects of imagination through the personified animals in order to teach children about odd numbers. Children end up gaining understanding/knowledge of odd numbers and their purpose in the real world.

[Melissa Namba · Rating 2 out of 5]

more tangible ideas than in the even number book, but less interesting. kids will enjoy the pictures, but maybe not the words.

[Lorraine Robinson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is good for a math lesson on odd numbers. It has examples of multiple types of odd numbers, tricks to determine if a number is odd like being divisible by 2 with a remainder of 1 and between two even numbers on a number line. This book asks the readers’ questions about odd numbers. It has a glossary of terms in the back and also has helpful web sites to future explore. Can be used as a workstation or as an introduction to odd numbers.

[Megan Willis · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is a great way to incorporate literature and odd numbers. The book has several fun illustrations that describe different rules and applications for odd numbers. In my second grade class, we read the story and then tried to prove the book wrong. The students got to experiment with odd numbers that are important to them (birthdays, addresses) and learn how to determine whether a number is odd or even.

[Codie Gates · Rating 4 out of 5]

"If you were an odd number, you could not be evenly divided by two. You could be one bright sun or seven colors in a rainbow. What else could you be if you were an odd number?"

This is a cute book about teaching students about odd numbers. It provides plenty of examples and they animals are cute.

[Johannes Kristian · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 3 out of 5]

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