Math Curse

By Jon Scieszka

Illustrated by Lane Smith

1995
Age Range: Grades 1-5
Genre(s): picture

Story summary: After the teacher tells her class that almost everything can be thought of as a math problem, one little boy develops an anxiety about math and feels it is a curse.

My reaction:  This book has a clever way of showing students that math can be part of our everyday lives.
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