Okay, I read the title of this book as it came across the circulation desk and immediately started singing to myself, "One potato, two potato, three potato, four..." However the poems in this book go far beyond simple counting rhymes. Math Potatoes by Greg Tang and illustrated by Harry Briggs is filled with challenging mental math problems.
There are many really cool math books that are picture books. This is one of the better ones for older students. The pages are filled with opportunities to stretch the readers computational skills not just with adding and subtracting, but also with multiplying and dividing. Oh, and forget needing to find some scratch paper. All the problems can and should be solved in your head.
If you enjoy these poem problems, be sure to check out Greg Tang's other books in this series. I know this math geek will be reading the rest of them.
Favorite line: Oh, what tangled webs we weave, when flies and bugs we do deceive.
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