Math Cure

This episode, Math Cure, based on the book Math Curse by Jon Scieszka is a zany and hilarious look at how most everything in our lives is math related. LeVar tracks down, scouts out and sneaks up on math-in action, and he find out firsthand that a factor--and life--can't run without it.

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Math Curse Feature Book:

Math Curse

This episode is based on the book Math Curse-a story of a little girl bombarded with problems that all seem to be related to math.

Author: Jon Scieszka
Illustrator: Lane Smith
Publisher: Chucklebait, Inc.

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Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems

Marvelous Math: A Book of Poems

Presents such poems as "Math Makes Me Feel Safe," "Fractions," "Pythagoras," and "Time Passes," by such writers as Janet S. Wong, Lee Bennett Hopkins, and Ilo Orleans. The poetry is a look at the sometimes surprising ways math is part of our daily lives.

Author: Lee Bennett Hopkins
Illustrator: Karen Barbour
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Twelve Snails to One Lizard

Twelve Snails to One Lizard

Bubba the bullfrog helps Milo the beaver to build a dam by explaining to him the concepts of inches, feet, and yards. Using this new information, Milo must decide the best way to measure the log needed to fix the dam.

Author: Susan Hightower
Illustrator: Matt Novak
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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Pigs On a Blanket: Fun With Math and Time

Pigs On a Blanket: Fun With Math and Time

On a hot summer day, the Pig family decides to cool off at the beach. But, because the Pig family has so many delays in getting to the beach, when they finally are ready to swim they find that the beach is closed.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

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