Math matters (Kane Press)

While pondering how to buy her mother a birthday present with no money, Deena finds a penny and follows a process of discovery about how pennies add up to nickels, which add up to dimes, all the way up to four quarters making a dollar.

Eight messy bunkmates try to figure out how to divide themselves into equal teams to clean up their cabin at camp.

Hoping to be the last person awake, a young girl keeps count as one person after another turns out a light in the apartment building across from hers.

On a hot summer day, three children squabble over which ingredients and what quantities should go into their extra special lemonade.

Jill uses a map to keep track of the places where her dog Bingo has been burying his bones to save them from being taken by Hulk the cat.

Anna uses household objects to build a structure to keep her cat's newborn kittens from getting underfoot.

Challenged to spend twenty dollars in one day, a boy who loves money not only learns about bargain hunting and keeping track of his remaining balance, he also learns that spending can be fun.

On the last day of school Brad keeps running into bad luck, but by the end of the day he realizes that there is always a chance things will get better.

When she spills her grandmother's button box, Kelly and her cousins try to sort them by size, color, and shape and they earn Grandma's gratitude.

Upon moving to their grandfather's house, two boys discover a treasure map in the attic and must learn how to use it in order to find their surprise.

Marco surveys his friends and uses bar graphs to convince his father to raise his allowance.

On a family car trip, Molly uses mathematics to convince her younger brother that she has x-ray vision.

When Kit, Jay, and their grandma take a train trip across the country, Kit learns the importance of being on time.

Everything Grace Anne makes is perfect. But Maggie and William's projects are perfect disasters! Will this time be any different? Can they build the most amazing Yum-Yum House ever? Illustrations. Maggie and William set out to construct a house made out of sweets, but first they have to find and count a lot of candy.