In the MathStart Series, everyday life is the basis for each entertaining story. Simple math concepts are embedded in each story so that young children intuitively understand them. Adults can use the creative suggestions for activities in the back of each book to extend learning opportunities with children.Developmentally appropriate and correlated to school grade levels and the curriculum standards of the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, MathStart can give children a head start!

MathStart Level 1 (2 to 7)

The Best Bug Parade (Mathstart: Level 1)
ISBN 0064467007 HarperTrophy Paperback (2-7)
WB Price: $10.45
The bugs are on parade. One is big, the next is bigger, and the next is the biggest bug of all. Learning how to compare and contrast sizes is an important early math skill and one of the most basic forms of mathematical reasoning.Includes 2 pages of activities.

Beep Beep, Vroom Vroom!
(Mathstart: Level 1)
ISBN 0064467287 EAN 9780064467285 HarperTrophy Paperback (2-7) WB Price: $10.45
This lively picture book uses a story from a child's daily world to teach a basic math skill. Here the math is pattern recognition... At the back are practical suggestions for adults and kids to find patterns with pebbles, buttons, coins, and kitchen utensils. Demarest's clear, simple pastel pictures express the fun of playing with cars as the vrooming action reveals the patterns in everyday things.Includes 2 pages of activities.20.27 cms L x 24.89 cms W (0.15 kgs) 40 pages

Double The Ducks (Mathstart: Level 1)
ISBN 0064462498 EAN 9780064462495 HarperTrophy Paperback (2-7) WB Price: $10.45
Understanding how to double numbers helps children master both addition and multiplication. Fun, friendship, and lots of ducks make learning this essential skill both easy and entertaining.Includes 2 pages of activities.18.95 cms L x 25.45 cms W (0.16 kgs) 40 pages

A Pair Of Socks (Mathstart: Level 1)
ISBN 0064467031 EAN 9780064467032 HarperTrophy Paperback (2-7) WB Price: $10.45
Does a polka-dotted sock match a striped sock? Young children will learn about matching, an important early math skill, as a lonely striped sock searches the house for its mate. They will may even be inspired to practice this skill in their own sock drawers! Includes 2 pages of activities.Best Children's Science Books 1997 (Science Books and Films) 20.52 cms L x 25.20 cms W (0.16 kgs) 40 pages

Rabbit's Pajama Party (Level 1)
EAN 9780064467223 Harper Paperback (2-7) WB Price: $10.45
At Rabbit's pajama party everyone is eating pizza, telling scary stories, and curling up in their sleeping bags. And what these friends do "first, next, and "last demonstrates the math concepts of sequencing -- the logical order of events.

Missing Mittens (Mathstart: Level 1)
ISBN 0064467333 EAN 9780064467339 HarperTrophy Paperback (2-7) WB Price: $10.45
Farmer Bill has a problem: every cow, chicken, and horse on his farm has losta mitten! Readers can help Bill find the culprit and learn about odd and even numbers in the process.Includes 2 pages of activities.20.22 cms L x 24.23 cms W (0.16 kgs) 33 pages

Just Enough Carrots (Level 1)
EAN 9780064467117 HarperTrophy Paperback (2-7) 
WB Price: $10.45
Concepts introduced here include more, fewer and same. Elephants, rabbits, and birds shop in this funny grocery store. Can you guess what the little rabbit wants more of? Munchy, crunchy carrots, of course! And fewer of? Squirmy worms and chewy peanuts (yuck!). So why is his mother buying all those cans of worms? Includes 2 pages of activities.

Seaweed Soup (Mathstart: Level 1)
ISBN 0064467368 Harper EAN 9780064467360 Paperback (2-7) WB Price: $10.45
It's slimy. It's smelly. Its green and it's gooey. It's seaweed soup -- and its Turtle's favorite lunch!Turtle has made enough seaweed soup for everyone. But it looks awful and smells worse! Nobody wants to even taste it. How can they tell Turtle without hurting his feelings?As Turtle serves lunch to his reluctant guests, young readers can learn about matching sets (also called one-to-one correspondence) by keeping track of all the different bowls, cups, spoons, and napkins on the table. Lighthearted art and a surprise ending make this a story readers will eat up.24.33 cms L x 20.27 cms W (0.16 kgs) 40 pages

Jack The Builder (Level 1)
ISBN 0060557753 EAN: 9780060557751 HarperTrophy Paperback (2-7) WB Price: $10.45
Look what I can build! 2 blocks = 5 blocks = If you add three more, or five more, what can you make? Anything you can imagine! As the blocks pile high, readers take a journey into a little boy's imagination and at the same time learn the math skill of counting on, a first step toward mastering addition.19.91 cms L x 26.11 cms W (0.16 kgs) 33 pages

Monster Musical Chairs
ISBN 0064467309 EAN 9780064467308 HarperTrophy Paperback (2-7) WB Price: $10.45
As six monsters play a wild game of musical chairs, readers learn to subtract--one chair at a time. Every time the music stops, one more monster is OUT! Kids won't be able to sit still for this musical introduction to subtraction at its simplest. 20.02 cms L x 24.82 cms W (0.14 kgs) 40 pages

House for Birdie
EAN 0060523530 EAN: 9780060523534 HarperTrophy Paperback (3-7) WB Price: $10.45
Poor tiny Birdie has no house. But Birdie does have friends.Spike, Queenie, Goldie, and Fidget want to help Birdie find a house of his own. Birdie needs a house that isn't too tall and isn't too thin, that isn't too short and isn't too fat, and that isn't too wide and isn't too narrow. Will they find a house for Birdie before the rain falls and the wind blows?A sweet and simple story about helping out a friend explains the math concept of capacity -- what will fit in a container of a particular shape and size.25.15 cms L x 20.57 cms W (0.16 kgs) 40 pages

One Two Three Sassafras!
EAN 9780064462464 ISBN 0064462463  HarperTrophy Paperback (3-7) WB Price: $10.45
It's the Lumpkin family reunion, and Uncle Howie is ready with his camera. All the cousins have to line up by age for their picture. But just as they are ready to say, "Sassafras!" something goes wrong every time! This picture-perfect tale of family fun illustrates the important math concept of number order. Full-color illustrations.20.27 cms L x 25.37 cms W (0.15 kgs) 40 pages