Albert Doubles the Fun

Mouse Math®

by Eleanor May, Deborah Melmon (Illustrator)

At the fair Albert the mouse demonstrates doubling numbers from one to ten.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2017

Reviews

[Becky B · Rating 3 out of 5]

Albert and his older sister Wanda go to the fair. They try to take their friends Lucy and Leo with them, but they aren’t home. While at the fair, Albert makes sure to do everything twice to make up for Leo not being there.

There’s a slight twist at the end of this story that will make it a bit humorous. Leo is already at the fair and got 2 of things for Albert too. The book is aiming to teach kids about doubling things, so whenever Albert doubles something the equation for adding 2 of that number (for example 3 + 3) is shown at the bottom of the page. The book is educational without feeling like it is purely educational. I can see kids picking this story up to read for fun too.

[Donna Mork · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun way to incorporate math into a story. Mice go to the fair and win prizes for their friends, only to find out the friends had won prizes for them as well. They come up with a nice solution to the problem.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

An elementary and up picture book about Albert the mouse and his sister heading to the fair for the day where Albert is adding up twice the amount of everything. Cute ending

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

Basic math + extraordinary friendship = a sweet and fun read.