Pam CalvertReviews

This is a great book on multiplication.

This is a fun book that involves multiplication and division in “real-world” examples. It is a low reading level so it should be simple for students to understand. This book is useful in the classroom when students are struggling with multiplication/division because it shows funky examples of multiplication/division. There is also a sequel that follows this boook

Uses fairy tale characters to create a story on multiplying fractions by whole numbers. This would be good especially for kids having trouble grasping the concept of multiplying with fractions; dealing with fractions in general is stressful for most. Would be great to be included in a lesson in the classroom as well.

Ten years after the Queen defeated him, Rumpelstiltskin is back to collect a debt or he will continue to cause chaos. It is up to the Prince to take care of Rumpelstiltskin by taking the magic multiplication stick or the problems will multiply. This book takes an easy-to-understand approach so that readers can learn how to multiply.½

Multiplying Menace is a great spin off of the popular fairy tale of Rumpelstiltskin. I think this would be a great book in the classroom because it brings math into a story that the kids might be familiar with. By having this familiar story in the classroom it could make students more inclined to listen because of the fairy tale aspect of the topic.

This book has a series of other books. Many years ago the queen guessed Rumplestiltskin name and was able to keep her baby boy. This is the second installment of the book where Rumplestiltskin comes back for revenge. He uses his magical cane to raise havoc in the village because he wants the queens son. The only way for it all to stop is Peter, the queen's son. He takes a hold of the magical cane and solves mathematical equations, multiplying and dividing. I would definitely use this as a read-aloud in 4th-6th grades. They will really enjoy the book because it has a mix of old fairy tales and combines it with mathematics. This book also can help students with multiplication, division and fractions. This book can also be used across other contents as well because it has rhyming in it, and students can make their own poems about known fairy tales.

This is a great book to review how to multiply with whole numbers and begin the discussion of how to multiply with fractions. The story starts ten years after the queen gets to keep her baby from Rumpelstiltskin, and the little boy ends up learning something very valuable from the villain. The end of the book also has a cute rhyme to help students remember what happens when they multiply.

This is a great book to discuss with the students about their multiplication tables, and how it's used. Rumpelstiltskin comes back for revenge on the queen for guessing his name years ago. Rumpelstiltskin uses his magical broom to multiply pests by destroying the crops. Peter is the only person who would switch the broom, and reverse the spell by making the elf disappear for good. I know the students would enjoy this book like I do because they'll learn and understand multiplying with fractions.½

Years ago, the Queen stopped Rumpelstiltskin from taking her first born son, and now he wants revenge. Different creatures start to multiply and Peter is the only hope, but he has to solve some mathematical equations to save the day. I give this book 4 out of 5 stars because it is more story than math. However, it does have some good conversations about math, which is why I am giving it 4 stars. I do recommend this book for my content area.

I [and my inner-child] read this book via an Amazon KINDLE Unlimited download.

Growing up as a child, I can remember reading a picture book entitled “The Little Engine That Could.” It’s about a little blue engine who had ultimately agreed to undertake the task of helping another train which had filled with toys and gifts for little boys and girls that broke down before reaching the children. After asking several passing trains for help over the hill, this little blue train agrees to help the stranded toys. Even though she had been small, the blue train tried her best to bring the toys to the children on the other side of the hill; while all through attempt she kept on repeating that she thinks she can, and ultimately succeeds despite her small size.

So, when I saw this book online, I thought my inner-child would enjoy reading it, for the lesson it tries to teach, and this is my inner-child review.

Reading this book, I didn’t whether Flash, the little fire was a girl or a boy, but it didn’t matter because I loved reading the story, so I’m going to pretend Flash is a girl. Being on the job for her first day, Flash was happy and very eager to start putting out fires like the bigger fire engines must have enjoyed doing for a long time. When the first fire started on her first day on the job, at the airport on an airplane, Flash was happy and eager to help fight her first fire, another fire engine told Flash it was too big for her, which made her feel sad.

At the next fire, in the forest, Flash got there too late to help in fighting the fire, and she not only became sad again; she also felt upset and not needed. But, on her way back to the firehouse she got a call from the fire chief that she’s needed at the town’s square and she’s the only one who will be able to get there to put the fire out in time to help save the animal shelter and all the animals and people inside. Happy to feel needed she had been able to put the fire out and everyone inside.

When she finally got back to her firehouse, Flash got a surprise when she saw everyone under a big sign which said, “HOORAY FOR LITTLE FLASH – You Saved the Day.”

The lessons which I got reading this story is that things will happen when they are supposed to happen and that you can’t get what you want when you want them to happen. I also learned that your size doesn’t matter because you can do anything you want to do even if you are smaller than anyone else. Which is why as an inner-child I’m giving this book and the beautiful colorful drawings it has a BIG 5 STARS.

Ten years after the queen guessed his name, Rumpelstiltskin comes back for revenge. He goes around the kingdom making things multiply. This causes trouble and confusion. It is up to the young prince to beat Rumpelstiltskin at his own game. This story teaches children about multiplication and how it is used. In the back there is an explanation on how to use multiplication in different math problems.

Rumpelstiltskin is at it again with his mischievous ways. This time he has a magic stick that can multiply objects. This story would be great to read when teaching multiplication. It clearly presents the multiplication of whole numbers and fractions and allows children to be interactive with learning math while reading about a well-known fairytale character. The colorful and playful illustrations also add to the book’s droll tone.½

This fun math and fairytale book comes alive in this story as Rumplestilskin takes his revenge back on the queen. He uses math on the town and cruses them by destroying their crops with his magical broom. Peter figures out to switch the magical broom and reverse the spell and make the elf disappear forever.

Rumpelstiltskin feels he must get revenge on the queen since she guessed his name nearly a decade before. After his initial appearance on the queen's son's birthday, Rumpelstiltskin plagues the kingdom by using his magic stick to multiply the pests to ruin the crops. He also made cows and other valuable assets to the farm disappear by multiplying by fractions. The mean elf wants to capture Peter, the queen's son, but the little boy volunteers himself on the stipulation that Rumpelstiltskin restores good fortune to the kingdom. Peter is still tricked because the mean elf doesn't comply. After watching Rumpelstiltskin perform spell after math spell, Peter realizes the trick. That night, Peter is ordered by Rumpelstiltskin to sweep. After Rumpelstiltskin is fast asleep, the little boy sneakily switches the broom for magic stick. He returns to the kingdom to fix all the damage caused by the mean elf. Everyone was delighted! Soon after, Rumpelstiltskin realized the little boy escaped and set out to recapture him. Finally, in a final battle attempt with the mean elf, Peter said the magic spell, "Rumpelstiltskin times zero!" The elf had vanished. This is a great book for introducing multiplying with fractions because it puts it in an easy-to-understand context.

This book incorporates a fairytale, reading, and math. This book is different from other math and reading books. This book is more of a story that just has numbers in it. It does not put all of the focus on the math being done. The math problems being done are for a more older audience. This book uses multiplication and fractions. This book is entertaining and the illustrations are engaging. It keeps the reader guessing on what will happen. The math problems are thrown in the story to make the story flow. I like that it is not too obvious.

I genuinely enjoyed reading this book because I felt like it would make a significant impact on children learning to multiply. I loved that this book introduced multiplying in such a subtle manner. This is important because many times children experience math anxiety and just the word math scares them and discourages them from reading the book. In this instance, Calvert introduces multiplication as a sense of sorcery , which is hilarious but brilliant. I think it's brilliant because children won't realize that they are performing multiplication throughout this book. I feel like this book would definitely help children better understand multiplication because it uses illustrations and a novel approach to the topic. I would definitely incorporate this book in to my future lesson on multiplying.

This picture book begins where the the original story of Rumpelstiltskin left off. ten years have passed and it is Peter's tenth birthday. Rumpelstiltskin is back and demands that Peter goes back with him or else he will wreck the entire village. Since Peter wants to help the town, he agrees to go with Rumpelstiltskin. Peter then discovers that Rumpelstiltskin has a magic cane that has the ability to multiply. The story is very engaging and presents math concepts. I gave this book a 3-5 tag because it includes multiplication of whole numbers and fractions,making it more suitable for middle to late elementary students.

I would use this book as an option to read between transition time. For example, if a person finishes a test early.

I gave this a k-5 tag, because some of the math is a little more advanced. While the story is still fun and interesting enough for smaller children, the math concepts are Berger suited for older children. This is a good teaching book because it introduces the concept of multiplication to younger students, through Rumplestiltskin's antics, but can sharpen, or deepen, the understanding of older children's understanding of multiplication.

Peter defeats Rumpelstiltskin using the man's own magical, multiplying stick. The havoc he had caused was reversed when Peter realized how to use it. This book teaches multiplication and also multiplication of fractions. This would be a fun way to teach the multiplication as you could take the problems from each page and actually do them on paper. All the while, the story is fun to read.

A story about Rumpelstiltskin and the power that his cane has. Rumpel's cane has the power to multiply things. It is a cleaver concept and the math skills are laid out in a presentable manor.½

Wearing glasses can be cool!

A nice way to describe to children why fractions make things smaller.

Princess Peepers is a great classroom book. Princess Peepers is about a girl who is bullied because of her glasses. It helps a lot for learning differences about others. I would use this book for ages 4-6.

This is a great book to help children review multiplication skills. It will engage students in a different way than just practicing on paper.