Education Textbooks Reviews

Great Product!!!
The book was in better condition than I expected of a used book. It looked like new!!

Great Book!
I used this book on Pi Day in my middle school math classroom. My students loved it! I think that it really helped explain why Pi is a constant number and it works for every circle!

Fun, Funny, and For a Big Age Range
As a fifth/sixth grade teacher, I find all of these "Sir Cumference" books to be interesting to students at every stage of learning about the math concepts they present. This is the one mathematically-flawed book in the series, however, which accounts for the 3 star rating. The young boy, Radius, searches for a cure for his father's unexpected transformation into a dragon, and 3 and 1/7 works as the value for pi needed to restore him to human form. It's a bit nit-picky of me, perhaps, but one of the most essential things a student should learn about pi is that it is a non-terminating decimal value which got a name because it couldn't be accurately quantified. That said, any teacher (or interested parent) could clear up the fuzzy definition. The books are funny, brief, written on a relatively easy level, and -- while most likely to be appreciated fully by students who have already learned the math -- could be enjoyed as stories by even the youngest listeners, as other parent/teacher reviewers have affirmed. This book, like the others, does a good job of using verbal jokes to help secure math vocabulary.

We love this series!
A great resource for homeschoolers or parents of high ability kids who need a different approach -
My children (8 and 4 yr.) love every story in this series.
Bravo to Cindy Newschwander - Creative, engaging, problem solving, and Dragons! What more does a young math student need?
We own the entire Sir Cumference series and revisit them regularly as the concepts take root in our daily lives.
Great books, every one.

Fun to Read
We all know the first verse of Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, but the other verses are not as common. This book has such sweet illustrations and the other verses are enchanting. Every little one will enjoy this one. I have put a new one in our hope chest for my grandbabies one day:)

Perfect for sing-along, and reading aloud
As with her other works, Ms Trapani's "Row, Row, Row Your Boat" is another winner. Ms Trapani is able to take a simple, well-loved nursery rhyme and expand it and in the process providing for an immensely enjoyable reading/singing aloud experience. In this book, a bear family goes on an excursion and the illustrations are just darling - colorful and whimsical. Highly recommended!

Iza Trapani's Books
Iza Trapani is one of the best! I love everyone of her books! And so does my grandaughter. I don't have time to review every book I have bought, but if her name is attached to it, it is going to be GREAT!

Where's the CD?
Word to the wise: I like everything about this book except that Amazon's description of the product indicated it (the paperback version) would be packaged with an accompanying CD. I did order the paperback; however, no CD was included.

Great math aide
This book, and series of books, is a great aide in teaching math concepts. They personify the concepts, give kids visuals to associate with so they can remember what each concept/term means. The stories are cute, not contrived, and do a play on words quite a bit.

Cir Cumference Series Awesome find Great Fun Math resource
The entire Sir Cumference Series are a wonderful way to entertain children while teaching math concepts. They don't even realize they are learning, they enjoy the stories. Each story connects math applications in ways children understand and can apply. What a wonderful gift. :)

Excellent for tying literature to mathematics.
Excellent for tying literature to mathematics. Children love these books and so do I!

Even in Middle School they still like to be read to
This whole series of books is wonderful. The story line for a middle school level is somewhat elementary, but the students still LOVE them. They remember the terms and even bring them up during lessons. I think even at the middle school levels, the kids really like being read to and these books ,as silly as they seem when read at that level, help solidify these key geometry concepts in a fun kind of way. They take about 10-15 minutes to read out loud. Highly recommend!

Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?
Absolutely wonderful book! Perfect for children! I am currently in the field of early childhood education and my children loved it! You can use this as a sing-along story. Wonderfully age appropriate for preschoolers. GREAT book!

Favorite Book for Three Toddlers in a Row
Bought this book when my first born was about 1 1/2 years old. Until then she would not sit and listen to stories. She (and I) fell in love with "Oh Where Oh Where...". She is now five and still will pull it off the bookshelf often. Now her two younger siblings are joining the fun of singing the story. We have a whole collection of Iza Trapani books but this is still our favorite.

Sir Cumference is so smart!
This is a great book. It has lots of mathematical elements while also being fun for middle school students. I, as a math teacher, enjoyed reading this book to my students. The math terms that tie the book together are very creative in the way they are presented. If you are reading this book to a class of middle school students, it will take from ten to fifteen minutes to read completely if the class is attentive. The math described in the book can help students to remember those terms later.

Great early math book
Excellent book for what I wanted. A kindergarten and a second grade class both enjoyed the story and they were exposed to math. My five year old also enjoys it.

Sir Cumference Reigns Supreme
I love all the Sir Cumference books.

I found one in a used bookstore and bought the rest on Amazon.

My 9 year old son can't get enough of math, and these help him (and his mom) remember the terms easily--terms no doubt he will have on a test some day at school.

Another recommendation for your math loving child--What's Your Angle, Pythagoras?

And yet another--Fun With Roman Numerals.

Clever book
Very clever - the story, the characters' names - all of it. Perfect for a grade school student! I bought it for my seven year old and it got a big thumbs up from both him and his dad.

Sir Cumference is Great!
This is a great book. It has lots of mathematical elements while also being fun for middle school students. I, as a math teacher, enjoyed reading this book to my students. The math terms that tie the book together are very creative in the way they are presented. If you are reading this book to a class of middle school students, it will take from ten to fifteen minutes to read completely if the class is attentive. The math described in the book can help students to remember those terms later.

math is fun
wonderful and cleverly written and presented view of how math works and how it fits into real life. very much fun for 8-60 yr olds.

fun math book
We are enjoying reading this, as well as the other books in this series. They are a fun way to illustrate geometry. Although we are not to geometry yet, our boys will be able to come back to these books later - although the stories are fun for them now as elementary kids.

A math adventure
This book is written on a level for young readers, providing an adventure story while at the same time teaching the young reader some math fundamentals of circles. This is but one of a series of such books and after reviewing this first one, I will be ordering more books in this series. Such books provide a fun way for young readers to learn.

I'm a Little Teapot
The book was in great condition and time of delivery was as the company said it would be.

Perfect book
The illustrations are lovely and bring to life this favorite children's song. Perfect for pre-schoolers.

Great book!
The variety of "teapot" songs is very cute, as well as the illustrations. My daughter is 2 and has really enjoyed reading this, since she is in to tea parties now - but I think boys would like it as well.

Oh so sweet illustrations!
Fabulous! - This book is all about the illustrations which simply make you smile! Who doesn't love chubby, little-bitty-kiddy toes? This book depicts everything a child can do with their toes. -With fabulous creativity and oodles of imagination, the author and illustrator of this book haven't missed a single one. Smiling happy children and sweet text, one can't help but want to read it again and again just to experience those delightful illustrations all over again.

~DeeDee Fox, Author and Illustrator, The Ruby Red Slippers

Lots of fun!
I never in a million years would have guessed this would be both my kids favorite book. I have read this book to them hundreds of times and they still love it. Something about toes is just plain fun!

It's Raining, It's Pouring, but this book isn't boring!
This extension of the familiar nursery rhyme takes readers through several other verses dealing with the weather as well as the Old Mans weight problem. Kin Eagle writes an amusing account of how grandpa responds to different environmental conditions. Hyperbole is rampant but charm is the main ingredient.
Several reviewers have commented on the "weird rhymes" used in this story. However I extend accolades for Eagle on originality. I've always thought there should be more to it than some old man snoring in a coma from a head injury the night before. Now thanks to Eagle I even know the old man's name!
The illustrations are what really make this book a good find. The old man pictured in this book is a very familiar looking man somewhat like the typical grandpa stereotype. Rob Gilbert also draws in a wife. My favorite part of the illustrations though is the use of bright cheery colors. A special treatment has even been given to the raindrops, snowflakes and dragonfly wings that makes them sorta shimmer and stand out from the surface of the rest of the picture. (Library bound version). The pictures are amusing and popping.
Best of all, kids liked it. I listened to this one as my wife read it to 16 preschoolers during story time at the public library. They liked the story. With a large group like the one we entertained, a story that captures the children's attention and imagination is great. The familiarity of the song helped, but the originality of the story was probably the greatest asset to the experience.

Great Pictures but Weird Rhyme Additions
This board book extends the traditional rhyme, "It's raining it's pouring, the old man is snoring, he bumped his head and went to bed and couldn't get up in the morning." For instance, another rhyme starts, "It's windy, it's breezy" and "It's snowing, it's blowing..." etc. The illustrations are thoughtful, colorful, and visually interesting, but as the Horn Book reviewer notes, the new rhymes are not particularly appropriate...some are kind of weird. For example, one is "It's snowing, it's blowing, the old man is growing, he ate too much one day for lunch now every part of him is showing." I'd like this book better with different rhymes. I enjoy creative extensions of traditional rhymes (like I really like Iza Trapani's Itsy Bitsy Spider, but this book just didn't do it for me.

two thumbs up
This book is great to teach children how to read . It has very good ryming and is very entrtaining.

It's Raining IT's Pouring
This book is good to teach kids aout the rain song. I think this a good book for little kids