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Food is cut into halves, quarters, and thirds to illustrate how parts make a whole. Simple recipes included.
Reviews (5)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 2-- A mouth-watering introduction to fractions is served up by McMillan in this concept book. Full-color photos show one freckle-faced and one dark-skinned child preparing and eating an assortment of foods, each of which is pictured as a whole and then in either halves, thirds, or fourths. The progression from larger to smaller fractions is shown twice with different foods to reinforce the concept. The words for the fractions are given in very large print under the corresponding pictures along with their mathematical symbols. The foods--bananas, sweet rolls, pizza, corn, pear salad, and strawberry pie--look so appetizing that young readers will be eager to try the recipes given at the end of the book. None are difficult, and none use packaged foods or excessive sugar. The excellent photographs owe their appeal not only to their bright colors, clear focus, and good framing, but also to their winsome subjects, two infectiously happy children and a strawberry-pie eating shaggy dog. Ideal for food units in primary classrooms, this should see steady use in both school and public libraries.-- Louise L. Sherman, Anna C. Scott School, Leonia, NJ (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Self-described ``photo-illustrator'' McMillan ( Mary Had a Little Lamb ; One, Two, One Pair! ) continues to focus his talents on the concept picture book--and once again brings his fresh perspective to this sometimes didactic genre. In this ingenious combination of fractions and food a perky pair of budding mathematicians, boy and girl, divide a series of foods into halves, thirds and quarters. After each division they (sometimes with help from a hungry dog) delightedly devour the whole thing. These kids, though obviously posed for the photos, seem to be really enjoying themselves; their pleasure and zest is contagious in the bright, almost shadowless images. Math was never so much fun or so wholesomely delicious. Recipes and suggestions for how children can use their new math skills to measure ingredients and prepare these kid-tested treats are included. Ages 4-8. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Horn Book Review
In a series of color photographs two young children share a meal in which different food items are shown whole, then divided into halves, thirds, or fourths. The photographs are fun, but some of the food items - such as the Wiggle Pear Salad - are unrecognizable and can only be identified by those who consult the adult-oriented recipe section at the end of the book. From HORN BOOK 1991, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
Two winsome boys (one black, one white) share some yummy- looking food: a halved banana, a roll that breaks into thirds and thus can't be shared evenly, a quartered pizza. Each fraction is repeated; recipes are included (``Wiggle pear salad'' and strawberry pie round out a vegetarian meal). McMillan includes notes on techniques and materials that contributed to his beautiful, appealing photos and on the boys who posed. Another excellent multidimensional concept book from a creative bookmaker. (Nonfiction/Picture book. 4-8)
Booklist Review
Ages 4-7. Clear full-color photographs that illustrate concepts are McMillan's hallmark, but how many illustrators can match his claim to have "cooked, written, drafted, and photo-illustrated" a book? Challenging beginners to tackle fractions at the most basic level, he shows two children (Erin, who's white, and Melvin, who's black) dividing food into halves, thirds, and fourths, eating the pieces, and generally whooping it up in the kitchen. The infectious grins of the two kids, photographed eating the fractions (of banana, cloverleaf rolls, strawberry pie, and so forth), make this foray into mathematics an unexpectedly playful experience, climaxing when the kids surreptitiously feed a fourth of the pie to Lilly the dog, who's under the table. The book ends with hints on teaching fractional quantities while cooking and with recipes for the rolls, pizza, pear salad, and pie. A welcome addition to the math shelf. ~--Carolyn Phelan
