Number 1 Teacher
Steven L. Layne and Deborah Dover Layne, authors
Doris Ettlinger, illustrator
Sleeping Bear Press
c/o Thomson Gale
27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills, MI 48331-3535
9781585363070, $17.95 www.thomson.com 1-800-231-5163
Written by professional educators Steven L. Layne and Deborah Dover
Layne, Number 1 Teacher: A School Counting Book is more than just a
counting picturebook. Each number (1-20 followed by 30, 40, 50 ... up to
100) is accompanied by a simple rhyming verse for read-aloud fun, and a
much more in-depth passage about that number's use in math or
education. For example, part of the entry for the number 90 reads
"An angle is a wedge-shaped piece formed between two crossing
lines. In math class students measure angles with a tool called a
protractor which is marked off in a measure called degrees. Angles that
make square corners and measure 90 degrees are called right
angles." The perfect counting book for unusually bright, gifted, or
numerically inclined children, Number 1 Teacher is highly recommended.
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