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Peg + Cat
Peg + Cat: The Lemonade Problem
When life gives them a problem to solve, Peg and Cat make lemonade and get a lesson in bartering in a refreshing new math adventure.
It s a hot day, so what could be cooler than setting up a lemonade stand? When Peg needs some marbles to keep her special marble company, she and Cat decide to sell lemonade in exchange for ten marbles a cup. But the Teens have other ideas. "But just one cup for ten marbles?" says Mora. "I m not made of marbles!" So Peg and Cat keep changing their sign until they hit a price two marbles! that has customers lining up. There s just one problem: Peg and Cat forgot the cups! Can they barter their way back into business or will they end up totally freaking out?"
It s a hot day, so what could be cooler than setting up a lemonade stand? When Peg needs some marbles to keep her special marble company, she and Cat decide to sell lemonade in exchange for ten marbles a cup. But the Teens have other ideas. "But just one cup for ten marbles?" says Mora. "I m not made of marbles!" So Peg and Cat keep changing their sign until they hit a price two marbles! that has customers lining up. There s just one problem: Peg and Cat forgot the cups! Can they barter their way back into business or will they end up totally freaking out?"
32 pages, Hardcover
Published March 14, 2017
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Jennifer Oxley
39 books4 followersJennifer Oxley is an author, illustrator, television writer/director, and the recipient of multiple Emmy Awards for her work on Nick Jr.’s Little Bill and as co-creator of PBS’s Peg+Cat. Jennifer lives and works in New York City as an independent filmmaker and artist.
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February 6, 2019
Peg and Cat start a lemonade stand on a very hot day and begin selling 1 lemonade for 10 marbles. But when the neighborhood teens come by the lemonade stand, they claim 10 marbles is too much. In order to sell more lemonade, Peg and Cat lower the price to 9 marbles, but the teens say it's still too high of a cost. It's not until Peg lowers it to 2 marbles for 1 cup that the teens agree to buy some lemonade, but Peg realizes she forgot the cups. The rest of the story consists of Peg and Cat using various trading tactics to acquire all of the supplies necessary for a successful lemonade stand.
I liked this book. I thought the author was very clever in her incorporation of math into the storyline. I could definitely give a math lesson to my students with this book and actually have them do a trading activity like in the book. I could give them each a certain number of marbles or supplies and have them go around trading with each other until they end up with what they set out to get.
I liked this book. I thought the author was very clever in her incorporation of math into the storyline. I could definitely give a math lesson to my students with this book and actually have them do a trading activity like in the book. I could give them each a certain number of marbles or supplies and have them go around trading with each other until they end up with what they set out to get.
August 2, 2019
The TV show in book version, essentially.
I didn't like Peg + Cat on TV initially, but it has definitely grown on me. I love that they do maths problems. I like the quirky humour and the dynamic between Peg + Cat. In this book, they try to run a lemonade stand and have trouble getting the pricing right to attract buyers to their stall. Mr 3 enjoys the TV show and this book. It would also be suitable for older children, say 4-6 years or so.
I didn't like Peg + Cat on TV initially, but it has definitely grown on me. I love that they do maths problems. I like the quirky humour and the dynamic between Peg + Cat. In this book, they try to run a lemonade stand and have trouble getting the pricing right to attract buyers to their stall. Mr 3 enjoys the TV show and this book. It would also be suitable for older children, say 4-6 years or so.
February 23, 2018
What. Just. Happened.
I guess it's about math? Bartering? But... huh?
I guess it's about math? Bartering? But... huh?
July 30, 2019
Very original. Loved the relatable, real math "problems" and the unique solutions. Great plot twists and fun story development. High quality for a book based on a television show!
September 20, 2023
A great way to discuss numbers, graphs, exchanging, money, etc.
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February 26, 2019This book is about Peg and Cat and the lemonade stand they decide to run. Peg wants to sell the lemonade in exchange for 10 marbles. No one will buy the lemonade for that many marbles so Peg lowers the price several times until she settles on 2 marbles. When she goes to get the lemonade she realizes they don't have any cups. Cat goes to exchange cookies for cups but the woman he asks doesn't have enough. He goes to a food truck and exchanges a dance for 200 cups. Once they have the cups, the lemonade, and the price is right, the weather changes and no one is in the mood for lemonade anymore. Peg's friend comes up and gets a cup of lemonade for free. In return he gives her a very special marble. After this the sky clears up and Peg gives everyone free lemonade.
This book is written in a really interesting way. This book is written all around math. It is an interesting and fun story about a lemonade stand that also includes math. This would be great for some students because they would be doing math without even realizing it. I also think it is very sweet that the book ends with Peg giving out free lemonade.
I would totally use this book and other books by this author when teaching math. For students that prefer reading over math, this would be a great solution for them. We could also stop while reading the book and write out some of the math problems on the board. We also could look more intensely at the charts included in the book. I think it would be good to put the charts and pictures from the book on the SmartBoard so that the students could see all of it, and then discuss and solve the problems on the big screen. You could also divide students into groups to do a page per group and then explain how to do them to the rest of the class.
This book is written in a really interesting way. This book is written all around math. It is an interesting and fun story about a lemonade stand that also includes math. This would be great for some students because they would be doing math without even realizing it. I also think it is very sweet that the book ends with Peg giving out free lemonade.
I would totally use this book and other books by this author when teaching math. For students that prefer reading over math, this would be a great solution for them. We could also stop while reading the book and write out some of the math problems on the board. We also could look more intensely at the charts included in the book. I think it would be good to put the charts and pictures from the book on the SmartBoard so that the students could see all of it, and then discuss and solve the problems on the big screen. You could also divide students into groups to do a page per group and then explain how to do them to the rest of the class.
April 27, 2017
If you have a little one who loves math, Peg + Cat is a good start. This book shows different characters bartering to get what they want, but it's a little frenetic...
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