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Hungry for Math: Poems to Munch On
Kari Lynn Winters and Lori Sherritt-Fleming team up again for another poetry collection for young readers with the emphasis on addition, subtraction, and numbers. This collection of fun poems put the emphasis on math and numbers concepts including measuring time, patterns, counting, symmetry, numbers, shapes, estimating and more!
He was hungry for math, always ready to munch.
Math for his breakfast. Math for his lunch.
He was hungry for math, always ready to munch.
Math for his breakfast. Math for his lunch.
32 pages, Hardcover
First published April 15, 2014
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About the author
Kari-Lynn Winters
38 books33 followersKari-Lynn Winters is an award-winning picture book author, playwright, and scholar who enjoys being in the classroom in any of these capacities. She holds a position at Brock University as a full professor of drama-in-education, dance-in-education, and literacy. Her graduate work, which was completed at the University of British Columbia, focused on combining the arts with reading and writing.
When Kari-Lynn began to write children’s picture book manuscripts and submit them to publishers about 22 years ago, people often shook their heads, advising her to write novels instead.
“It is so difficult to get picture books published in these times,” they said.
But Kari-Lynn persisted, continuing to collect, read, research, and write picture books. Her persistence paid off. Today, 31 books (picturebooks, poetry, non-fiction) that Kari-Lynn wrote have been accepted for publication. In addition, she has had academic chapters and articles about multimodality and student literacy published by Heinemann and in The Reading Teacher.
Kari-Lynn says the best thing about writing for children is that she can share silly ideas in funny and interactive ways and that she can talk to children about their own experiences as young authors.
When Kari-Lynn began to write children’s picture book manuscripts and submit them to publishers about 22 years ago, people often shook their heads, advising her to write novels instead.
“It is so difficult to get picture books published in these times,” they said.
But Kari-Lynn persisted, continuing to collect, read, research, and write picture books. Her persistence paid off. Today, 31 books (picturebooks, poetry, non-fiction) that Kari-Lynn wrote have been accepted for publication. In addition, she has had academic chapters and articles about multimodality and student literacy published by Heinemann and in The Reading Teacher.
Kari-Lynn says the best thing about writing for children is that she can share silly ideas in funny and interactive ways and that she can talk to children about their own experiences as young authors.
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June 3, 2015
This colorful book is a wonderful reminder that Math is all around us. My young reader wanted to dive into it right away. She loved the big beautiful illustrations !
I must admit, I loved to read some of the poems out loud to her, I don’t know who had more fun ?!
This book is a great way to introduce some simple math concepts to children. (Skip Counting, Symmetry etc. There is a small lexicon in the back of the book as well with more terminology)
Hungry for Math would make for a great addition to a classroom library as well. It’s a great trampoline to further certain math notions. I can easily see this book being used in the classroom, The Spendasour would definitely make a fun way to introduce counting money.
For me, the fact that I can get my children to go beyond the writing and the imagery is a huge bonus.. They can not only seek shapes in The Shape of Things but then we can go around the house and find some too !! My personal favorite was The Balanced Bee. “Now fold your paper. It’s plain to see. Bees are balanced. It’s symmetry!”
The illustrations are fun and colorful, the writing is witty and entertaining.. it’s a superb book for children ! The trio responsible for this beautiful book are three Canadian women, Kari-Lynn Winters, Lori Sherritt-Fleming and Peggy Collins !!
Combining poetry, art and math… it’s not only fun it is also educational !
(I’m guilty of overusing the exclamation point in this post.) !!
I must admit, I loved to read some of the poems out loud to her, I don’t know who had more fun ?!
This book is a great way to introduce some simple math concepts to children. (Skip Counting, Symmetry etc. There is a small lexicon in the back of the book as well with more terminology)
Hungry for Math would make for a great addition to a classroom library as well. It’s a great trampoline to further certain math notions. I can easily see this book being used in the classroom, The Spendasour would definitely make a fun way to introduce counting money.
For me, the fact that I can get my children to go beyond the writing and the imagery is a huge bonus.. They can not only seek shapes in The Shape of Things but then we can go around the house and find some too !! My personal favorite was The Balanced Bee. “Now fold your paper. It’s plain to see. Bees are balanced. It’s symmetry!”
The illustrations are fun and colorful, the writing is witty and entertaining.. it’s a superb book for children ! The trio responsible for this beautiful book are three Canadian women, Kari-Lynn Winters, Lori Sherritt-Fleming and Peggy Collins !!
Combining poetry, art and math… it’s not only fun it is also educational !
(I’m guilty of overusing the exclamation point in this post.) !!
February 18, 2016
Twelve humorous poems provide funny ways to learn about math concepts such as counting, addition, grouping, and even a little bit about geometry and shapes. Back matter includes information about some of the math encountered in the poems and the lively illustrations. Readers will find a rapping pirate and a celebration of hats in the rhyming lines as well as being encouraged to notice the shapes around them in the poem "The Shape of Things." Some young readers will enjoy the blend of poetry and math while others may be inspired to write poems of their own as the result of these examples. Since the math isn't complicated, this provides a good place to introduce some concepts.
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May 15, 2015I think it was the best book ever and the author was amazing and it was the best author EVER!!!!
March 26, 2020
Very cute and has great illustrations. I love how it mixes language arts with math by teaching poetry and math concepts. The poems were short and easy to read. I would definitely have this book in my classroom, but I'd use it to teach poetry, not math. I left off a fifth star cause it honestly got boring after the first few poems.
March 27, 2020
I really enjoyed this book! It has some really great illustration, which re colorful and appeasing to they eye. This book is filled with tons of different poems. What I really like is the poems don't all go together. Each page or so is a different poem. I think this would be an awesome book to work on poetry for the week and introduce a new poem every day and dissect the poetry components.
March 24, 2020
This is a great book to help teach some math. The poetry makes it fun to listen and learn.
November 24, 2020
A clever book that incorporates math into ways children can find fun. It is interactive which is nice and written in a poem format so it is fun to read.
December 2, 2021
I'm personally not a huge fan of poetry books without a through line or a narrative. I do love that this one is about math though!
May 16, 2015
I'm an elementary teacher and I was really hoping this would be a good instructional book (like Sir Cumference for example). Sadly, I don't feel that it is. It will go into my classroom library for student check out. That is OK, but a disappointment.
Some poems are better than others. They rhyme. Pictures are colorful and interesting. Not a fan of some of the 'silly' words.
I received a copy via the Goodreads First Reads program.
Some poems are better than others. They rhyme. Pictures are colorful and interesting. Not a fan of some of the 'silly' words.
I received a copy via the Goodreads First Reads program.
December 16, 2015
I received this book through the First Reads giveaway program on Goodreads.
This book with wonderful, colorful illustrations is a great way to introduce new math concepts to children. My son and I read this book and while we enjoyed it, we felt it would be enjoyed more by his teacher and gave it to her to share.
This book with wonderful, colorful illustrations is a great way to introduce new math concepts to children. My son and I read this book and while we enjoyed it, we felt it would be enjoyed more by his teacher and gave it to her to share.
May 22, 2015
**Disclaimer: I received this book for free through Goodreads First Reads**
My favorite part of the book were the illustrations -- they are beautiful, detailed, and interesting. Overall the poems were good but were not amazing. I expected some more advanced math concepts to be covered, but they were pretty basic concepts given the reading level (which I'm guessing from word choice).
My favorite part of the book were the illustrations -- they are beautiful, detailed, and interesting. Overall the poems were good but were not amazing. I expected some more advanced math concepts to be covered, but they were pretty basic concepts given the reading level (which I'm guessing from word choice).
May 12, 2015
Won this book from the goodreads giveaway and just received it. Read this book today to my two sons and they loved it! Good rhymes and interesting, funny twist with numbers and popular children material. Definitely a big hit with the kids!
February 13, 2020
Fun and educational at the same time!
June 15, 2016
#bookaday -- Great variety, shows math in a lot of forms including counting and money, poems are pretty sold but there is one that I just don't see how it connects to the theme.
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