Peg & Cat: The Pizza Problem

Peg + Cat

by Jennifer Oxley, Billy Aronson

What do fractions have to do with pizza? The stars of the Emmy Award–winning animated series  Peg + Cat  serve up — and solve! — a delicious problem.

It’s lunchtime at Peg’s Pizza Place! Peg and Cat are excited to take their first order — from the Teens! — only to learn that some customers want a whole pizza while one of them wants half a pie. How can Peg and Cat make half a pie when they don’t know what  half  is? Peg is totally freaking out — until Cat reminds her that when it comes to halves and wholes, it’s all in how you slice it.

Genres: Picture Books, Mathematics, Childrens

32 pages, Hardcover

First published February 9, 2016

About the author

Jennifer 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.

Reviews

[Jennifer · Rating 4 out of 5]

An adorable introduction to fractions (whole/half) with everyone's favorite tv stars: Peg and Cat! Be sure to notice the other mathy things like the page numbers, the grid paper illustrations, and the measuring stick end-pages!

[Mary Fletcher · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 3.5 year old twins want to read this over and over, and they started commenting on halves and how two halves make a whole after reading this. They enjoyed the silly phrases "peg-a-licious pizza" and "our break is broke!"

I'm looking up the other Peg + Cat books now.

[Kate Hastings · Rating 2 out of 5]

Grades K-2. Peg and her cat run a pizza restaurant. There isn't much of a story here, but students will learn about halves and how two halves make a whole.

[Hannah]

Great picture book to help teach the concept of half and whole using something most kids are all familiar with...pizza!

[Lara Bate · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a story teaching children about fractions by diving pizzas in half. A great way to learn about fractions!

[Brittany · Rating 2 out of 5]

Being a librarian I am obligated to love books and never want to harm them. BUT...I have never wanted to throw a book on the ground and stomp on it so much in my life. This book will make you absolutely crazy. TOO MUCH "MATH" AND "FRACTIONS" IN A BOOK FOR KIDS! Why? Just frustrating. I get that the kids have to learn it, but this book is just overkill. It is on EVERY stinking page. Do yourself a favor and overlook this one. *Unless you want kids to know what a whole and half a pizza are. This book just has no story and doesn't flow well at all.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Stella really likes this book even though a lot of it talks about halves/wholes which she definitely did not get at the beginning. Now she will point to half circles if we ask in other places, but still doesn't always get that there are two halves in a whole (26 months)

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

I love the art and it helps kids learn.

[Randy McGhee · Rating 5 out of 5]

Devier

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Peg and Cat figure out wholes and halfs in their pizzaria

[Jj · Rating 2 out of 5]

Honestly, I found this to be more confusing than anything else.

[Heather Jo · Rating 4 out of 5]

megan summer reading 2016, children's book, picture book, series, tv tie-in, peg + cat, math, halves, proportions, kindergarten, first grade

[Margaret · Rating 4 out of 5]

Sharing this one with my math colleagues!

[Moopies · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was all math. the little ones did not so much enjoy it.

[Sarah]

THis is a math picture book that teaches halves and quarters through a pizza parlour.