7 ate 9 by: Tara Lazar

I am looking forward to sharing this book with my students, I'm sure they will love it as much as I do.  7 ate 9 written by Tara Lazar is a delightful book with an interesting mystery to solve and lots of fun plays on words.

Private "I" has been hired by 6 who is afraid that she will be the next victim of 7 who 6 is convinced ate 9!  Private I begins his investigation interviewing all the numbers he can find.  He also finds a small bit of help from a letter friend of his.  I'm not going to give away the ending, but I know you and your children will love this book.

I laughed at the text as well as the delightful illustrations done by Ross MacDonald.

After reading this book it will probably be time for some math homework.

Happy Daily Reading!
Deanna

Zero by Kathryn Otoshi

Kathryn Otoshi has written a wonderful book about loving who we are, as well as what we have to offer the world in her book Zero.

Zero only sees a hole, right in her center whenever she looks at herself.  Everyday she watches the other numbers line up to be counted, she wants to be counted too.  She tries as hard as she can to change, to be a 1 or an 8 but it just doesn't work, she is simply empty in the middle.  With the help of 7 she is able to see herself in a new way and she gets the numbers to count like they have never counted before.

I really enjoyed this book.  I think it would be a great story to read to a child everyday and talk about how we all have gifts that we can and should share with the world.  We all count and we all can make the world a better place.  We also must realize, just like number 7 did, that others also count in the world.

After reading this book write a letter to a friend and let them know how much you appreciate them.

Happy Daily Reading
Deanna