Some mathematical concepts are hard to grasp. Elementary school teacher
and author Scott Gifford admits he too, at a younger age, "was flummoxed
by fractions, daunted by decimals, and puzzled by percents." In the
full page introduction, piece, part, and portion are discussed as
similar but different concepts. "Hello Hola Bonjour" are the friendly
greetings the introduction uses to welcome us...a similar concept
expressed in three different ways. In the rest of the 32 pages, each
two-page spread illustrates the concepts in four different ways. One of
my favorites is a full page picture of two feet with red socks. The left
big toe is sticking out of a hole in its sock. On the neighboring page
we see: "1/10 of your toes .10 10%." Other images that kids can relate
to include one gym shoe, one piece of pie in its tin, one whole pizza,
one egg sitting in its carton, and one soccer player wearing a jersey
surrounded by ten more jerseys. This book reinforces that age-old
formula: 1 picture = 1,000 words.
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