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Jerry Pallotta Math Books
The Hershey's Milk Chocolate Multiplication Book
Hershey's does it again! This tasty book by Jerry Pallotta introduces simple multiplication to children and will prove to be a multitude of fun and learning!
Learn multiplication with a yummy Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar! With its 3 horizontal rows and 4 vertical columns--totaling 12 sections in all--children can easily begin to understand the concept and process of multiplication. Memorizing multiplication "facts" has never been so delicious!
Learn multiplication with a yummy Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bar! With its 3 horizontal rows and 4 vertical columns--totaling 12 sections in all--children can easily begin to understand the concept and process of multiplication. Memorizing multiplication "facts" has never been so delicious!
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2002
About the author
Jerry Pallotta
272 books118 followersMy full name is Gerard Larry Pallotta but my mom always called me "Jerry". I was born on March 26, 1953 in Boston, Massachusetts. My mom's name is Mary, and she came from a family of ten children. My dad's name is Joe, and he came from a family of five children. My grandparents were immigrants of Italian descent. I have the nicest parents in the world. They have always been unselfish and ready to help me, even today. I have four brothers and two sisters: Joey, David, Andrew, Danny, Cindy and Mickey. I have seventy-two first cousins. When I was growing up, there were...KIDS EVERYWHERE!
My family moved to Medford, Massachusetts when I was young. I went to elementary school at Mt. Trinity Academy, not far from where my publisher is located in Watertown, Massachusetts. I never wrote a book in elementary school, and we never kept journals. In the neighborhood where I grew up, almost every family had seven to nine children. I guess that you could say that there were...KIDS EVERYWHERE!
I went to high school at Boston College High School, a Jesuit all-boys school in downtown Boston. The priests and other teachers were really wonderful. I played football and ran track. I had a great high school experience and I think later it made my studies in college much easier. My sons Neil and Eric graduated from Boston College High School in 2001 and 2003. Neil was named after a teacher I had, Fr. Neil Callahan, S.J. I never wrote a book in high school, and I never wrote for the school newspaper. I was too shy and was afraid of what other kids would think.
After high school I went to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. I majored in business, a subject that would help me later in life when I decided to publish my first book. At Georgetown, I met my wife, Linda. In college I was an average student and was captain of the Georgetown University Rugby Team. I never wrote for the college newspaper, and I never imaged writing books. A couple of years later, Linda and I got married and I started to work at an insurance company in Boston. During the first six years of being married, we had four kids. It seemed like there were...KIDS EVERYWHERE!
Today, we spend a lot of time with my 31 nieces and nephews...again...KIDS EVERYWHERE!
I learned valuable skills while talking to people, selling insurance and collecting money. When I came home from work, Linda would ask me to "read to the kids!" I loved reading to my kids and I learned to appreciate children's books. The first few books that we bought were alphabet books and counting books. "A" was always for Apple and "Z" was always for Zebra. One day I decided, "Hey, I can do this!" I had an idea. I would write an alphabet book about the Atlantic Ocean. I spent every summer at Peggotty Beach in Scituate, Massachusetts. I have great memories of lobstering, fishing, mossing, clamming and rowing in my dory.
My first book was written in 1985 when I was 32 years old. I came up with the idea, wrote it, designed it, researched it, edited it and my cousin, Frank Mazzola, Jr. illustrated it. I published it myself under the name of Peggotty Beach Books. What fun! It was first printed on July 7, 1986. I'll never forget that day. The book eventually became the #1 best selling book at the New England Aquarium. I was afraid that only my mother would like it. Teachers and kids told me they really liked my book.
While speaking in schools, teachers also told me they were looking for simple non-fiction nature books. It gave me the confidence to write more. My next book, "The Icky Bug Alphabet Book", has sold more than 1 million copies. My third book, "The Bird Alphabet Book" was voted one of the best books of the year by Birders World Magazine. I now have over twenty alphabet books. My goal has always been to write interesting, fact-filled, fun to read, beautifully illustrated color children's books. Thank you to all my illustrators: Ralph Masiello, Frank Mazzola, Jr., Rob Bolster, Edgar Stewart, Leslie
My family moved to Medford, Massachusetts when I was young. I went to elementary school at Mt. Trinity Academy, not far from where my publisher is located in Watertown, Massachusetts. I never wrote a book in elementary school, and we never kept journals. In the neighborhood where I grew up, almost every family had seven to nine children. I guess that you could say that there were...KIDS EVERYWHERE!
I went to high school at Boston College High School, a Jesuit all-boys school in downtown Boston. The priests and other teachers were really wonderful. I played football and ran track. I had a great high school experience and I think later it made my studies in college much easier. My sons Neil and Eric graduated from Boston College High School in 2001 and 2003. Neil was named after a teacher I had, Fr. Neil Callahan, S.J. I never wrote a book in high school, and I never wrote for the school newspaper. I was too shy and was afraid of what other kids would think.
After high school I went to Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. I majored in business, a subject that would help me later in life when I decided to publish my first book. At Georgetown, I met my wife, Linda. In college I was an average student and was captain of the Georgetown University Rugby Team. I never wrote for the college newspaper, and I never imaged writing books. A couple of years later, Linda and I got married and I started to work at an insurance company in Boston. During the first six years of being married, we had four kids. It seemed like there were...KIDS EVERYWHERE!
Today, we spend a lot of time with my 31 nieces and nephews...again...KIDS EVERYWHERE!
I learned valuable skills while talking to people, selling insurance and collecting money. When I came home from work, Linda would ask me to "read to the kids!" I loved reading to my kids and I learned to appreciate children's books. The first few books that we bought were alphabet books and counting books. "A" was always for Apple and "Z" was always for Zebra. One day I decided, "Hey, I can do this!" I had an idea. I would write an alphabet book about the Atlantic Ocean. I spent every summer at Peggotty Beach in Scituate, Massachusetts. I have great memories of lobstering, fishing, mossing, clamming and rowing in my dory.
My first book was written in 1985 when I was 32 years old. I came up with the idea, wrote it, designed it, researched it, edited it and my cousin, Frank Mazzola, Jr. illustrated it. I published it myself under the name of Peggotty Beach Books. What fun! It was first printed on July 7, 1986. I'll never forget that day. The book eventually became the #1 best selling book at the New England Aquarium. I was afraid that only my mother would like it. Teachers and kids told me they really liked my book.
While speaking in schools, teachers also told me they were looking for simple non-fiction nature books. It gave me the confidence to write more. My next book, "The Icky Bug Alphabet Book", has sold more than 1 million copies. My third book, "The Bird Alphabet Book" was voted one of the best books of the year by Birders World Magazine. I now have over twenty alphabet books. My goal has always been to write interesting, fact-filled, fun to read, beautifully illustrated color children's books. Thank you to all my illustrators: Ralph Masiello, Frank Mazzola, Jr., Rob Bolster, Edgar Stewart, Leslie
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December 6, 2017
I am in love with any and all Jerry Pallotta books. This is a non-fiction book because it is about multiplication. This book can be used for upper elementary students who are learning about multiplication. A unique feature of the book is it introduces multiplication with something kids love, chocolate! Combining something people don't like with something that kids do like helps make it more enjoyable!
May 12, 2023
The illustrations in this book are bright, colorful, and engaging, and the book includes a lot of important information related to math and multiplication while celebrating math through art. However, the inclusion of the kids doing art in the story and all the art information seems a bit out of place for this book. I find it distracting from the math concepts.
February 4, 2019
Good concept but I'm not sure why the art information had to be thrown into the book as well. Would have liked it more if it had jut focused on the multiplication and the chocolate.
May 2, 2019
I have enjoyed many titles in the chocolate math series, but not this one...too much going on. The math teacher is on sick leave so the students go to the art room instead...so you have math, and chocolate, and art all going on together. The kids are using a large variety of art methods which are shown by images of little kids on the page not much bigger than crayons themselves.
OPINION: The art concept would have been better served with the different types of art being shown for the same type of project - like a portrait or landscape and then at the end making a sample picture of slices of the other artwork to make a college one big picture.
Read again 05/01/19 looking for math titles to include in a chocolate curriculum -- not selected....still didn't like....too much going on. Preferred The M&M's Brand Chocolate Candies Counting Book / by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
OPINION: The art concept would have been better served with the different types of art being shown for the same type of project - like a portrait or landscape and then at the end making a sample picture of slices of the other artwork to make a college one big picture.
Read again 05/01/19 looking for math titles to include in a chocolate curriculum -- not selected....still didn't like....too much going on. Preferred The M&M's Brand Chocolate Candies Counting Book / by Barbara Barbieri McGrath
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June 23, 2011This book uses only a thin plot to teach students about the concept of multiplication. However, it uses candy bars, which can keep students engaged. A center that could go with this book would use copies of chocolate bars (to avoid getting too messy with actual chocolate). Have students use chocolate bars to show different multiplication sentences. Especially, let them discover the multiplication properties using the candy bars. At the end of the activity, bring the group back together and show them an entire package of Hershey’s bars. Have them use multiplication to figure out how many chocolate sections are in the entire package. For more advanced students, have them then divide the number of sections by the number of students to determine how many sections each student should get.
December 5, 2011
This book does a good job of showing multplication by using hershey bars. Children love chocolate and this would be good for children to understand their multiplications if the children are able to eat the candy at the end. I would use this book in the classroom as a group lesson over multiplication.
October 3, 2011
This book teaches multiplication by using candy as a visual. I think this will be a great book to use when I become a teacher. The kids can relate to the book because of the candy bar. Also, the book is a great tool to use if you actually give the children candy bars.
December 7, 2011
This book does a good job of showing multiplication by using Hershey bars. Using this book would be great because most students love chocolate and you could use as an edible manipulative.
I would use this book in the classroom as a group lesson over multiplication.
I would use this book in the classroom as a group lesson over multiplication.
November 3, 2008
This would be a great book to use with 3-5 grades to introduce multiplication. Kids could be paired up in groups to play with their own chocolate bar.
October 5, 2011
A fun way to teach multiplication and division using a popular candy bar. This will engage students and help them understand these concepts. I would use this for math obviously.
January 2, 2016
You way to teach math
December 4, 2010
I read this book in second grade and it really helped me.
For grades 2 to 4.
For grades 2 to 4.
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July 17, 2017This informational math book uses Hershey bars to provide a visual for each multiplication problem while the child artists in each illustration use a variety of art modes to display the numerical version of that same problem. The book offers a large vocabulary about multiplication (factors, commutative property of multiplication, square numbers) as well as modes of art (clay, mosaics, silk screening). Each page provides an explanation of the multiplication problem and the accompanying illustrations gives this math concept a feel of creativity and fun.
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