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1) More numbers every day: how data, stats, and figures control our lives and how to set ourselves free
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"How many unread emails are there in your inbox? How many hours of sleep did you get last week? How many steps did you walk today? We're drowning in digits and immersed in integers, and More Numbers Every Day, by internationally renowned economics professors Micael Dahlen and Helge Thorbjørnsen is a timely and powerful investigation - and warning - about the trouble numbers can bring us. Today we all strive to quantify everything: calories, likes,...
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This deceptively simple bedtime book sneaks in secret counting concepts to help make your child smarter...and by the end, sleepier! The first in the McKellar Math line, Goodnight, Numbers gives your child the building blocks for math success. As children say goodnight to the objects all around them--three wheels on a tricycle, four legs on a cat--they will connect with the real numbers in their world while creating cuddly memories, night after night....
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Introduces the seven symbols and their values, shows how to add and subtract to make numbers. Teaches how the symbols interact and about the bar across the top and the open box that are used for larger numbers. Shows Roman numerals in real life settings: on clocks, in books, and on buildings.
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This book is not only a fascinating introduction to the number concept and to numbers themselves but also a multifaceted linguistic and historic analysis of how numbers have evolved in many cultures. A noted scholar draws upon evidence from history, literature, philosophy, and ethnology to recount the oral, written, and symbolic development of numbers.
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"Fun with Math: Numbers uses real world examples to help early learners understand the importance of learning number words. With colorful photographs and engaging sight words, this book also includes a page for caregivers and teachers that suggests guiding questions to help aid in reading comprehension."--
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Introduce Common Core State Standards for math and English to young readers in a format they'll love! This book includes number-based facts, a brief introduction to the sport of bowling, and diagrams of bowling lanes and scoring. Brief story problems are matched with each photo to promote reading comprehension and math practice. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company....
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Introduce Common Core State Standards for math and English to young readers in a format they'll love! This book includes number-based facts, a brief introduction to the sport of swimming, and diagrams of swimming lanes. Brief story problems are matched with each photo to promote reading comprehension and math practice. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
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THE STORIES BEHIND OUR ICONIC NUMBERS
Rogerson's Book of Numbers is based on a numerical array of virtues, spiritual attributes, gods, devils, sacred cities, powers, calendars, heroes, saints, icons, and cultural symbols.
It provides a dazzling mass of information for those intrigued by the many roles numbers play in folklore and popular culture, in music and poetry, and in the many religions, cultures, and belief systems of our world.
The stories...
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Introduce Common Core State Standards for math and English to young readers in a format they'll love! This book includes number-based facts, a brief introduction to the sport of tennis, and diagrams of tennis courts. Brief story problems are matched with each photo to promote reading comprehension and math practice. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Sandcastle is an imprint of ABDO Publishing Company.
16) Little Pookie
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Pookie's mom lists ten things she knows about Pookie.
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Eric Carle's beloved tale, "Rooster s Off to See the World," now comes with a CD narrated by award-winning actor Stanley Tucci! Rooster has gotten tired of living on the farm, so one sunny day he decides that he wants to travel and see the world. But Rooster is feeling a bit lonely on his outing. So when he meets two cats, he invites them to come along. And then he meets three frogs, four turtles, and five fish who all join, too! But Rooster hasn...
18) Two
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TWO's best friend is ONE...until THREE jumps in between them. A powerful story of friendship, loss, letting go, and self-discovery.--Publisher.
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Arusha, Mosi, Tumpe and their friends embark on an exciting counting adventure through the grasslands of Tanzania, discovering all different kinds of African animals as they count from one to ten. Included with the story is a section with facts about Tanzania, and information about each animal, the Maasai people and the Swahili language.
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"The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an adventure filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the...
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