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32 pp.
| Holt
| September, 2008
|
TradeISBN 978-0-8050-7664-6$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Anna Currey.
Corkscrew the pig's owners throw him a birthday party. Twelve guests brainstorm game ideas: six pairs can play badminton, four groups of three can jump rope, and so on. Feeling left out, the porcine honoree spoils all the games until the children finally include him. Multiplication concepts aren't fully explained, but scenes of animal hijinks are lively and energetic.
32 pp.
| Atheneum
| September, 2001
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TradeISBN 0-689-83389-X$$16.00
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Amy Walrod.
On their way to a picnic with twelve sandwiches, two friends happen upon more friends, who have their own items to add to the feast. As they add guests, the friends recalculate how to divide up the food, which works fine until a thirteenth friend arrives--empty-handed. This clever introduction to division consists entirely of witty dialogue complemented by Walrod's quirky cut-paper illustrations.
197 pp.
| Dutton
| August, 1999
|
TradeISBN 0-525-46065-9$$15.99
(4)
YA
The Rumpelstiltskin story is expanded into a multigenerational tale of greed, revenge, and lost loves. A simple tailor is not allowed to marry his pregnant lover, who is instead betrothed to a surly miller. Their child, Saskia, grows into the gifted spinner later aided by her natural father in spinning straw into gold. Although the writing is sometimes lyrical, the story is overly long.