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LoPresti, Angeline Sparagna , LoPresti, Angeline Sparagna

A Place for Zero: A Math Adventure

32 pp. | Charlesbridge | July, 2003 | Trade ISBN 1-57091-602-0 $$16.95 | Paper ISBN 1-57091-196-7 $$6.95
(4) K-3 Illustrated by Phyllis Hornung & Phyllis Hornung. In Digitaria, the numbers like to play Addemup, but the digit Zero can't participate "because he had nothing to add." Imaginative cartoony images show Zero discovering his additive and multiplicative identities, and finally his worth as a place holder. This fictional story, featuring wizards, kings, and walking, talking numerals, obscures rather than clarifies the math concepts, but Zero is an engaging hero.
Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

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