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canada_matt's review against another edition
4.0
A very short and amusing book where two children compete for how many jellybeans they want or could eat. They play off one another and then decide how much space would be needed to stack their respective candy collections. Neo loved seeing the massive number of jellybeans, especially when one character tried to decide how many of each flavour he would like.
beecheralyson's review against another edition
5.0
Any book on numbers that gets me to laugh out loud while reading it deserves a 5 star. Brother and sister team (Aidan and Emma) are in a typical race to have the most - in this case - jellybeans. Emma starts with 10 and then Aidan has to go with 20. They debate throughout the story if 100 or 500 or 1000 jelly beans are too many to eat (even in a year). While the numbers are increasing the size of the jelly beans are decreasing to allow for the number of jelly beans to be drawn on the page. It is a great way for children to catch the concept of these numbers. Even Aidan's dog Murphy gets into the act. I loved some of his "comments". The fun part - is seeing how the illustrator accommodates 1,000,000 jelly beans on a page. The oversized nature of this book and the end page spread will pose some challenges to a school library. However, this one is well worth the inconvenience.
tashrow's review
5.0
I cannot count how many dismal number and math books I have read over the years. I’m lucky enough to have a mathematical kid, but finding books that he would enjoy was painful. Many math books are a lot more about concept than about being fun to read. Well, not this one! This one winningly mixes math with candy, so that even non-mathematical kids will give it a try. Aiden and Emma are just like most siblings, they are trying to get more than each other. So when Emma asks for 10 jelly beans, Aiden asks for 20! And the number just keep climbing from there. Soon, they are up to 500 jelly beans, which may be way too many to eat. But how about 1000 or 5000 or 10,000 in a year? The jelly beans get smaller and smaller until the final number of 1 million is reached only be an enormous fold-out page.
Read the rest of my review on my blog, Waking Brain Cells.
Read the rest of my review on my blog, Waking Brain Cells.
debnanceatreaderbuzz's review
4.0
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.
Love this one.
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.
Love this one.
btchbkshlf's review
5.0
This book is TOO COOL. A perfect representation of numbers and great for kids learning about place value and the meaning of numbers.
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