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In this podcast, Cory Widdowson introduces listeners to the book Rock, Brock and the Savings Shock by Shelia Bair. Introduction Rock, Brock, and the Savings Shock is a colorfully illustrated book that teaches children the benefits of saving money, and … Continue reading →

In this podcast, Megan Ney introduces listeners to the book Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin by Pam Calvert. Introduction Pam Calvert uses the age-old fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin to tell a fascinating story involving multiplication of whole numbers and … Continue reading →

In this podcast, Jamie Malone introduces listeners to the book Ten Little Mice by Joyce Dunbar. Introduction In Joyce Dunbar’s counting book, entitled Ten Little Mice, young math students focus on counting back from 10 to 0 by one’s. The … Continue reading →

In this podcast, Anthony Hatch introduces listeners to the book The M&M’s Count to One Hundred Book by Barbara Barbieri McGrath. Introduction In this rhyming text, readers us M&M candy to count to 100 by ones, twos, fives, and tens. … Continue reading →

In this podcast, Cory Widdowson introduces listeners to the book The Baker’s Dozen: A Counting Book by Dan Andreasen. Introduction The Baker's Dozen: A Counting Book, by Dan Andreason, is an intricately illustrated counting book appropriate for students in kindergarten … Continue reading →

In this podcast, Kristin Coffee introduces listeners to the book 10 Minutes Till Bedtime by Peggy Rathmann. Introduction The counting book 10 Minutes Till Bedtime, written by Peggy Rathmann, counts backwards from 10 to 1, and then to “bedtime”, and … Continue reading →

In this podcast, Megan Ney introduces listeners to the book Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh. Introduction Mouse Count by Ellen Stoll Walsh is a great counting book for kindergarten through 2nd grade. It incorporates different counting methods, such as … Continue reading →

In this podcast, Laura Bradlee introduces listeners to the book Just A Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales. Introduction Yuyi Morales' book, Just A Minute is a clever tale that would be especially useful for students … Continue reading →