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Jerry Pallotta Math Books
One Hundred Ways to Get to 100
Teaches counting by Ones, Twos, Fours, Tens, Twenties, and so on...with nicely illustrated objects to count by.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1949
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About the author
Jerry Pallotta
239 books111 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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January 9, 2021
One of the very best books I've seen on the topic. Our library's copy is almost worn out, and it's stamped as a replacement.
Cleanly focuses on the maths, no distracting story. Enough cleverness to engage, including mention of 100 day at school. Several times we were advised to look for the one item slightly different, like the tired snail (droopy antenna) or the Phillips head screw: this serves to help a reader master what 100 looks like.
An educator should use the book to teach what a thousand looks like, too, by copying out 10 pages of the book to make a poster, and tell the students that's about, in dollars, one month's or mortgage payment on a house. Then photo that poster ten times to make 10,000, and tell children we're still only about 1/3 of the way to a new car.
Older children can share news articles that mention millions or billions of dollars and figure out how many pages of this book would be needed to show that many items, and how many walls of the school would be needed to display them.
(If you are teaching at a level above this book, use this and also use How Much Is a Million?, the classic by David M. Schwartz. Getting very concrete will help the kids not only do better in maths, but be better citizens & more informed voters as adults.)
Cleanly focuses on the maths, no distracting story. Enough cleverness to engage, including mention of 100 day at school. Several times we were advised to look for the one item slightly different, like the tired snail (droopy antenna) or the Phillips head screw: this serves to help a reader master what 100 looks like.
An educator should use the book to teach what a thousand looks like, too, by copying out 10 pages of the book to make a poster, and tell the students that's about, in dollars, one month's or mortgage payment on a house. Then photo that poster ten times to make 10,000, and tell children we're still only about 1/3 of the way to a new car.
Older children can share news articles that mention millions or billions of dollars and figure out how many pages of this book would be needed to show that many items, and how many walls of the school would be needed to display them.
(If you are teaching at a level above this book, use this and also use How Much Is a Million?, the classic by David M. Schwartz. Getting very concrete will help the kids not only do better in maths, but be better citizens & more informed voters as adults.)
September 18, 2018
This is a fun counting book that includes multiples, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing. Jerry Pallotta does a great job with each concept, and Rob Bolster's illustrations are fun to view. There is also a hidden object to find on several of the pages. This is a great book to use if you are needing a literacy component in your math lessons.
October 20, 2025
This book is a fun way to learn grouping in counting to 100. It can also be used to introduce multiplication (by grouping), skip counting, and other math skills needed for children grades 1-3. The fun pictures make this a great interactive book.
April 8, 2013
* 1st-3rd
This is a wonderful book, not only to emphasize the 100th day of school, but also to introduce students to grouping, fractions, division and multiplication. It shows different ways to "count" to 100, and in doing so, groups by twos, tens, fives, twenty-fives, etc. The illustrations make it easy for a student to quickly see how grouping can make counting much easier. It also vividly shows how multiplication is repeated addition. Great for introduction in first grade and more extensive lessons in second and third grades!
This is a wonderful book, not only to emphasize the 100th day of school, but also to introduce students to grouping, fractions, division and multiplication. It shows different ways to "count" to 100, and in doing so, groups by twos, tens, fives, twenty-fives, etc. The illustrations make it easy for a student to quickly see how grouping can make counting much easier. It also vividly shows how multiplication is repeated addition. Great for introduction in first grade and more extensive lessons in second and third grades!
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November 27, 2011This book provide different ways for students to count and get up to the number one hundred. Students can skip count, add or multiply different items to get there. This is definitely a book that can be implement in the classroom using different manipulatives for students to use. Have them come up with different ways to get to 100 or any other number you assign.
October 10, 2012
This book was about the many different ways to get to 100 hundred. The book introduced addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication. The book was fun because it had a object that was different from the group on every page so students could look for that object as they read. I really liked how this book broke everything down and made students see how everything is related.
April 4, 2012
On the one hundreth day of school, this is a fun book to read. When you are incorporating the number 100 that day, do a read aloud with the book. Also, if you are teaching the children to count to one hundred this is a fun book.
December 3, 2012
A great book to use when counting. This books explores the different ways to count to hundred, using multiple ways; skip counting and mutliplication. this count turn into a sorting activity, students sorting
July 13, 2009
Skip counting patterns
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