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4.1 AVERAGE
4.1 AVERAGE
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A cute book that branches off the Elephant and Piggie series. I like the idea of having Piggie and Elephant promote books for kids. A cool way for kids to feel close to some of their favorite characters while expanding their reading habits.
This is a fun story about sharing and fractions, told in a very entertaining way.
Great illustrations (although that squirrel's pigtails kind of creeped me out) and very funny dialogue.
Entertaining book.
Don't forget to play Find the Pigeon.
A cute book that branches off the Elephant and Piggie series. I like the idea of having Piggie and Elephant promote books for kids. A cool way for kids to feel close to some of their favorite characters while expanding their reading habits.
This is a fun story about sharing and fractions, told in a very entertaining way.
Great illustrations (although that squirrel's pigtails kind of creeped me out) and very funny dialogue.
Entertaining book.
Don't forget to play Find the Pigeon.
Fantastic story about sharing that can be used in a cross-curricular math/reading lesson. A must-have for primary classrooms.
April 2018 - funny, bright, with pictures that would help a beginning read decode the story. Fun introduction to some math concepts, too.
Cute book about sharing, could be a good way to introduce the concept of fractions or dividing.
Super funny book and great for introducing fractions! They are trying to share 3 cookies between 4 people and start yelling at each other in frustration.
Cute story of friends and cookies and what to do when there aren't an even number for everyone.
The first book in the Elephant & Piggie Love To Read spinoff series, The Cookie Fiasco sets the bar high for the series, as it is written and illustrated by the extraordinarily talented Dan Santat. The basic premise is that four friends--Monkey, Squirrel, Hippo and Alligator--have three cookies. They feel their friendship depends on their ability to divide the cookies equally among themselves.
They generate (and reject) several entertaining ideas. The stress of the situation causes Hippo--who is holding the cookies--to unconsciously break them into pieces. Now the group finds themselves with six pieces--which they still cannot equitably share among the four of them. The conflict continues, frustration over their inability to come up with a workable idea increases and this leads to Hippo's intensifying nervousness. Therefore, Hippo continues to break the cookies into morepieces.
Monkey says
Crocodile says
As the anxiety of the situation reaches its peak, they discover they now have twelve pieces of cookies. They begin to distribute the pieces one at a time and discover that they now each have four pieces! Success!
I absolutely love Monkey, Squirrel, Alligator and Hippo! I adore the lushness of Santat's illustrations and the big emotions of all the characters. The dynamism of Santat's illustrations is a perfect complement for these BIG characters in a silly (serious to them!) situation with a little screwball comedy flavor.
I highly recommend The Cookie Fiasco for young readers either independently or as a delightful read-aloud at home or in the classroom! This one will be going on my gift list for the young readers in my community!
They generate (and reject) several entertaining ideas. The stress of the situation causes Hippo--who is holding the cookies--to unconsciously break them into pieces. Now the group finds themselves with six pieces--which they still cannot equitably share among the four of them. The conflict continues, frustration over their inability to come up with a workable idea increases and this leads to Hippo's intensifying nervousness. Therefore, Hippo continues to break the cookies into morepieces.
Monkey says
This is a flop,
A mess,
A DISASTER!
Crocodile says
It is a fiasco!
As the anxiety of the situation reaches its peak, they discover they now have twelve pieces of cookies. They begin to distribute the pieces one at a time and discover that they now each have four pieces! Success!
I absolutely love Monkey, Squirrel, Alligator and Hippo! I adore the lushness of Santat's illustrations and the big emotions of all the characters. The dynamism of Santat's illustrations is a perfect complement for these BIG characters in a silly (serious to them!) situation with a little screwball comedy flavor.
I highly recommend The Cookie Fiasco for young readers either independently or as a delightful read-aloud at home or in the classroom! This one will be going on my gift list for the young readers in my community!
Some good mathematical thinking, but definitely not as funny as the E&P books. I did really like Santat's use of a different illustration style in their thought bubbles. That was super cute.