Review How Much is a Million re-imagines difficult mathematical concepts with outrageous analogies and informative illustrations. Three complex numbers –million, billion, trillion - are broken down in imaginative ways to help children conceptualize the inconceivable. “If you wanted to count from one to one million . . . it would take you about 23 days”. Kellogg’s energetic watercolor and ink illustrations support concepts with depictions of children of various race and skin tone acting out the calculations. For a book about math, there are almost no numerals. Instead, formulas are displayed through narrative and pictures such as a hot air balloon that floats through seven pages of pinpricks representing a million tiny stars. End papers include an author’s note explaining the mathematical calculations used to come up with the crazy scenarios. Themes
Math Counting Application Although it was first published in the 1980’s, the book supports the Common Core State Standards as well as S.T.E.A.M. learning. The story would be a great read-aloud in early grade classrooms and school library programs. Many schools celebrate Hundredth Day on the hundredth day of school, which is a great opportunity for collaborative math projects based on the formulas explained in the end papers of How Much is a Million? Read-alikes Scieszka, J. (1995). Math Curse. Schwartz, D. M. (2003). Millions to Measure. Author Website: http://davidschwartz.com/ Illustrator Website: http://www.stevenkellogg.com/ References: How Much is a Million [image]. Retrieved from https://books.google.com/books/about/How_Much_Is_a_Million.html?id=6bwabAPYM7YC&source=kp_cover How Much is a Million [image]. Retrieved from https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/518ZT9VD05L.jpg How Much is a Million [lesson plan]. Retrieved from http://lessonplanspage.com/mathhowmuchmillion-hundrednumbersense2-htm/ Titlewave. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.titlewave.com/search
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