Sunday, January 8, 2012

James, Harry Graphing with Pets


James, Harry  Graphing with Pets  
Capstone Publishers 2011   32p     19.99   978-1-4296-6618-3          
elm/ms                       Real world math        E-BN  
Mathematics meets young entrepreneurship in this book that uses the finances and organization of a startup pet care business to illustrate how graphing information can be really
useful when running a business.    This delightful book presents graphing in the
most nonthreatening manner possible, perfect for the elementary/middle school
audience. Full color illustrations highlight graphing and the importance of this
kind of data analysis when running a business, but again, in a very kid friendly
fashion. Spending money (pg. 11) teaches students how to keep a record of
business expenses and is a perfect example of the many kinds of graphs that can
be found in this book.           A very large series of books, many of which are found in
leveled sets, that serves to present mathematics in an innocuous fashion for
elementary and middle school levels.         Fisher, Lynn

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