what's great about this book is the idea that the author uses a favorite item for children - candy - to help teach a concept, further, the author stretches the brain a bit in that we aren't just learning 1-10, rather we are asking about multiplying and conceptually talking about addition etc.

lawsonm | Mar 17, 2013 |

Big numbers are hard for children. This is a big book to help with big numbers.

You can see five things. You can hold five things (probably) in your hand. But what about five hundred things? Five thousand? A hundred thousand? A million?

This big book (librarians should be warned that it will not fit in a child's backpack and has foldout pages that will tear easily, but please don't let that stop you from acquiring it for your collection) uses a competitive brother and sister to allow children to visualize big numbers. With jelly beans. This amazing illustrator (how long did it take Labat?!) actually draws, on an enormous foldout page, one million jelly beans.

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debnance | Dec 8, 2012 |

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Lawson/LIB 428 Desc. - what's great about this book is the idea that the author uses a favorite item for children - candy - to help teach a concept, further, the author stretches the brain a bit in that we aren't just learning 1-10, rather we are asking about multiplying and conceptually talking about addition etc. Finally, there is a great fold-out at the end of the book that is supposed to depict a million jellybeans. I will take the author's word for it. I think this would be a fun way to engage children in counting in the classroom.

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"How many jelly beans are enough? How many are too many? Aiden and Emma can't decide. Is ten enough? How about one thousand? That's a lot of jelly beans. But eaten over a whole year, it's only two or three a day. This giant picture book gives kids a fun and easy way to understand large numbers. Starting with ten, each page shows more and more colorful candies, leading up to a giant fold-out surprise--ONE MILLION JELLY BEANS! With bright illustrations and an irresistible extra-large format, How many jelly beans? makes learning about big numbers absolutely scrumptious!"--… (more)