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Title
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Lessons That Count: Math Fables
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Description
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This is a hardbound book (hard cover)
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This book has a dust jacket (book cover)
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First printing
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By Greg Tang
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Creator
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Tang, Greg
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Contributor
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Cahoon, Heather
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Date
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2016-01-25T19:27:54Z
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2004-04
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2004
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Date Available
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2016-01-25T19:27:54Z
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Date Issued
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2004
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Abstract
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I found this book on eBay within a month of its publication in March of 2004. It is a series of ten rhyming stories. All except the first deal with numbers in terms of groups that make them up. When nine ants find a picnic, for example, three creep ahead to look at it while six stay behind. Then eight complain that they cannot lift it all, while one older ant says that they will have to work together. Seven pick up the loaf of bread, while two carry the cheese. Groups of five and four carry two crackers, respectively. All nine learn the meaning of cooperation. None of the stories is a traditional Aesopic fable, but there is a little pointer to an ethical lesson at the end of each story. Thus the two young birds who try to fly for the first time but fail learn that Sometimes the most important thing in life is just to try! The four squirrels--two have gathered nuts and two have put them underground--learn that it is wise to plan ahead. Author Tang, who has written five other math books, has written this book for ages three to six. It is an enjoyable and attractive book, even for adults. The illustrations are colorful, lively, humorous, and appropriate.
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Identifier
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043945400X (pbk.)
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4858 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Scholastic Press
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New York
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Subject
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QA113.T355 2004
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Type
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Book, Whole