Children's Fiction Humorous Stories
Math Attack!
- Publisher
- Farrar Straus & Giroux
- Initial publish date
- Mar 2009
- Category
- Humorous Stories
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Hardback
- ISBN
- 9780374348618
- Publish Date
- Mar 2009
- List Price
- $18.95
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Where to buy it
Out of print
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Description
Each time her teacher asks, "What's seven times ten?" a young girl experiences a severe case of arithmetic strain. "Numbers flew out of my head by the score. They stuck to the ceiling; they bounced off the floor!" Soon, exploding numbers are taking over her classroom, her school – then the entire town!
Ebullient verse and ingenious collage illustrations full of hilarious escalating antics make this kid-centric romp through the dreaded times tables a read-aloud gem. Clever endpapers feature a multiplication table.
About the authors
Kyrsten Brooker’s distinct, inventive illustrations have appeared in popular and award-winning picture books, such as When We Go Walking by Cari Best, Precious and the Boo Hag by Patricia C. McKissack, and Nothing Ever Happens on 90th Street by Roni Schotter, which J. Patrick Lewis praised in a New York Times review saying, “Kyrsten Brooker uses collages so adroitly and with such brio that you feel like reaching in and putting an arm around each of these elegantly drawn characters.” She lives with her family in Alberta, Canada.
Awards
- Long-listed, Arizona Grand Canyon Young Readers Maste
Editorial Reviews
“Author Joan Horton's rhyming narrative sets a hilariously hyperbolic scene . . . . An ingenious riff on the rigors of multiplication, the text gains even more energy from Kyrsten Brooker's dynamic oil paint and collage illustrations.” —Family Fun Magazine
“The high-energy artwork will entertain.” —Publishers Weekly
“The rhyming text is well cadenced, with carefully chosen words that flow easily. Rich paint and collage illustrations combine textures and colors with numbers spilling over the pages.” —School Library Journal
“The creative juxtaposition of different textures and off-kilter picture components gives a vivid sense of the story's chaotic events. Absurd and amusing.” —Booklist
“Take a look at the inside front and back covers for something extra and educational.” —Infodad.com
