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You Can Count on Monsters - Richard Evan Schwartz
You Can Count on Monsters - Richard Evan Schwartz

Fun things to know

  • The math book for kids is filled with colorful, monster-themed geometrical designs.
  • Each monster has something about it that relates to its number.
  • Each number from 1 to 100 is featured on its own spread, with its own illustration and numerical representation.
  • The book explains why prime numbers go on forever, and ever... and ever.
 

Parents

Get your children excited about math. Prime numbers. Composite numbers. Factoring. These can be daunting concepts for children. So how do you get your kids excited about math? With monsters, that's how.

You Can Count on Monsters is a fun math book created for elementary school children (and even parents) to help them understand the basics of multiplication. Anyone can memorize their multiplication tables, but children who truly understand the concepts of factoring, and the role of prime and composite numbers will be able to apply that learning as they get older in subjects such as algebra. Even if your children are not in school yet, this is an excellent and fun introduction to numbers.

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Our Homeschool Reviews

I recently found out about a neat little book that I just know many of you will be interested in hearing more about! It's called You Can Count On Monsters, by Richard Schwartz...(More).

Half-Pint House

You Can Count on Monsters: The First 100 Numbers and Their Characters by Richard Evan Schwartz - At first glance this book looks...(More).

Imagination Café Blog

Math can be daunting for kids and more than a bit frustrating. If you're child is wrestling with the complications of multiplication, factors, prime numbers and...(More).

Cavatica's Web

Not long ago I heard about the book, You Can Count on Monsters by Richard Evan Schwartz, on NPR. Schwartz is a Brown University math professor. The NPR story drew me to it...(More).

Capability Mom

I do love Math in that silly non-reciprocal way, because Math often does not love me. I like the logic and beauty of Math, I do not love the rigidness of Math. Sometimes Math refuses...(More).

Math Mama

Schwartz is a mathematician and an artist, and his monsters are the numbers from 1 to 100. Number one is sad because it can't play the factoring game...(More).