One of Each

Mary Ann Hoberman gives young readers a new way to experience sharing and addition. Oliver has one of everything in his house, because it is just him living there. After inviting a friend over he realizes that sometimes it is better to have two of everything so he can share. This fun and colorful picture book gives readers a chance to see sharing in a real world scenario. By adding one more of everything Oliver can share with his friend.

This story can be a multi-purpose book, because of its ability to first help students understand sharing with its colorful and bright pictures. The talking animals keep readers and students engaged and learning. The book can also be used as a basic start to addition. Starting with one then adding show more another to have two. Reading aloud with students will help to develop the concepts of sharing and addition.

Modern Fantasy
Reading Level: 4.2 show less

Some rhyming books work. Others... don't. They sound trite, or forced, or just awkward. This is one of them.

Worse, I don't think I quite like the message. You should have two of everything so you can have friends? I guess it's not a bad message, but why did it even need to be said? When is this ever going to come up? Seems like a long way to go to get to "sharing is good!" And who makes friends by finding random strangers on the street and bringing them home (and then changing everything to suit their needs)? What about looking for common interests or something?

“One of Each” by Mary Ann Hoberman is a fun story for bedtime and would be great for a guest reader in a classroom. Cute Oliver Toliver is happy with his one of each thing but what happens when he invites a new friend over to his house? One of each doesn’t seem to be quite enough anymore. The colorful visuals in the story give life to little Oliver’s house with fun facial expressions on our animal characters. Readers and children alike with enjoy the rhymes throughout the story with “door” and “floor,” and “sink” with “pink.” This entertaining lesson in friendship and sharing with have children asking for multiple reads.

Tale of a dog who has one of everything and thinks that is the only way to have things until he invites someone over to see his wonderful house of ones! After the visit the dog realizes that maybe having one of everything isn’t fun after all.

Fun to read and I enjoyed the rhymes. The illustrations were not the best quality but fit the story and were entertaining.

As a teacher this would be a great introductory book to a division unit-equal shares. After reading the book I would have a lesson where students would have to share multiple manipulatives-buttons, counters, etc. I would also have fruit that the class would help me to divide evenly amongst the students so that everyone would get equal shares.

This is a great book about sharing. I read this book to a class of second graders and they grasped the concept immediately. Oliver Toliver is a dog who lives all alone and he is very caught up in the concept that just one of everything is all he needs. He is so proud of his belongings he shows Miss. P, his new friend. Except Miss. P is not impressed and she tells Oliver that having only one of everything isn't a way to make friends. Oliver soon realizes his selfish ways and he goes and buys lots of things from the store to share with his new friends. Oliver now has many things in his home and he now has many friends. This book is a great example of being selfish and that people who share are more happy in the end.

51 months - I know we've read this book from the library before but I didn't have it in our Good Reads book shelf. Weird. I wouldn't say this is the most amazon book ever written but the illustrations are cute especially because the dog is a terrier! I had to buy it specifically because the dog looks like our wire fox terriers. :)

This book is really good because it the whole story rhmes. I could read this book to my class after I teach them what rhyming is.