The Addisons Go Skiing

by Kayleigh Anne Donnelly

Addie Addison is ready for a day of skiing with her family. Along with her skis and poles, she takes her love for math to the slopes. Throughout the day, Addie showcases her math skills adding everything she sees. Spend a day with Addie on Snowdrift Mountain adding the things she encounters. Join in for twice the fun.

Genres: Mathematics

25 pages, Paperback

First published January 15, 2015

About the author

Kayleigh Donnelly has a BS in Early Childhood Education and is in her final semester of a Masters of Ed. in Elementary Education program. Through teaching experiences in various classrooms across Delaware and Pennsylvania and conversations with colleagues, a demand for more mathematics based children’s literature for home and classroom use became apparent. It was from these conversations that the Addison family, and specifically Addie Addison, was born. In her debut book, Kayleigh Donnelly, with Addie’s help, looks to encourage math proficiency in both genders at an early age and help to develop a strong connection between literacy and mathematics.

Reviews

[Kayleigh Mentnech · Rating 5 out of 5]

The Addisons Go Skiing is an engaging way to get children interested in math. With an enjoyable plot line that keeps children turning every page, the format allows children to visualize the addition problems, count along, and find the answer on their own! Lastly, the lead character is a young female who loves math which encourages young girls that math isn't just for the boys.

[Nadine · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is an appropriate book for the winter season reading to a youngster learning to add numbers up to 10. After reading it with individual students, they liked the story as it allowed them to talk about what they knew about skiing, spending winter time outdoors with friends and family, as well as the math. Several didn't understand the line "I race off first down a black diamond." I told them to look back in the book and some needed help to realize the West Gully blue sign had a black diamond on it. It made them proud they could look back in the book for information to figure out the meaning without being told what it meant. This book is being placed in the math reading bin for the preK-1 students. Thanks for the copy to review through Goodreads First Reads program.