Double Those Wheels

By Nancy Raines Day

Book Overview

Monkey is making a very special delivery with a little help from a lot of wheels. Starting with a unicycle, Monkey doubles that wheel so he has two-a bicycle! Doubling again, two wheels become four-a car! The fun multiplies until sixty-four wheels-and a surprise ride-get him to the birthday celebration just in time. Children fascinated by vehicles will delight in Monkey's gentle adventure. And the lively read-aloud text and bright, graphic illustrations make this introduction to basic multiplication twice as nice. Illustrated by Steve Haskamp.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525468536
• ISBN13: 9780525468530
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Dutton Children's Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 3 to 6 years
• Grade Range: Kindergarten to Grade 1

Customer Reviews

Delightful read-aloud

This is a wonderful picture book for little ones. Monkey has to make a special pizza delivery, but has transportation problems along the way. Children, often enamored with all things vehicular, will enjoy everything from bicycles to trucks to trains in this book. Not only is the text playful and the pictures whimsical, the story introduces little ones to math through the doubling of the number 2 in a most delightful manner.

Fun book with a subtle computer lesson

This fun book tells the story of a pizza-delivery monkey who runs into transportation problems while trying to deliver pizza to a children's birthday party.The author uses her story to cleverly introduce young readers to powers of two. As many parents will know, binary (base two) numbers are fundamental to computer technology. So this book, in addition to being very entertaining, offers a very early introduction to a key computer concept.The illustrations are great, and the story is very cute. This a wonderful book for any preschooler!