Pigs in the Corner: Fun with Math and Dance

by Amy Axelrod

The dancing teacher has come down with a cold on the night of the Pig family's big square dancing recital. Mr. Pig volunters to fill in and save the day, but calling a square dance is harder that it looks! Can Mr. Pig direct the moves without causing a dancing disaster?

Genres: Mathematics, Childrens

40 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Amy Axelrod is the author of many picture books, including The Pigs Will Be Pigs Math Series (Simon & Schuster).
Her debut novel, Your Friend in Fashion, Abby Shapiro (Holiday House 2011) was based on her childhood growing up in the 60's.
"Funny, lively, sensitive- a real winner! (Kirkus)
Amy's latest novel was co-authored with her son, David, who works in publishing.
The Bullet Catch:Murder by Misadventure (Holiday House 2015) is a Junior Library Guild selection.
Amy lives with her husband in New York's Hudson Valley in a house built in 1729. When she isn't writing, she's reading, baking, biking, bird-watching, or dreaming about all the places on her bucket list.

Reviews

[Kimberly Martin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pigs I. The Corner is a nice book that teaches about the concepts of spatial sense and direction through learning how to square dancing. I enjoyed this because I could see how some may not think that teaching direction would be a math concept, but I see it as very important. I would incorporate this into a group activity that could use dancing after reading.