This time the focus is back on Pia of Chartres from Sir Cumference and the Off-the-Charts Dessert. She is kidnapped by a family of ogres--Tentt, the father, Hoondrit, the mother, and their ten daughters, Una to Decima.
Pia is asked to help the ogres prepare a feast for a large celebration, which will involve tens, hundreds, even thousands of pieces of dessert!
Readers will learn about place value and the decimal system of notation in this latest medieval math adventure. The endnote includes a diagram with place names.
Part of the popular Sir Cumference series! Baker Pia is back with a handy way of counting by tens and fractions in this fun introduction to the decimal system.
This time the focus is back on Pia of Chartres from Sir Cumference and the Off-the-Charts Dessert. She is kidnapped by a family of ogres--Tentt, the father, Hoondrit, the mother, and their ten daughters, Una to Decima.
Pia is asked to help the ogres prepare a feast for a large celebration, which will involve tens, hundreds, even thousands of pieces of dessert!
Readers will learn about place value and the decimal system of notation in this latest medieval math adventure. The endnote includes a diagram with place names.
This time the focus is back on Pia of Chartres from Sir Cumference and the Off-the-Charts Dessert. She is kidnapped by a family of ogres--Tentt, the father, Hoondrit, the mother, and their ten daughters, Una to Decima.
Pia is asked to help the ogres prepare a feast for a large celebration, which will involve tens, hundreds, even thousands of pieces of dessert!
Readers will learn about place value and the decimal system of notation in this latest medieval math adventure. The endnote includes a diagram with place names.
Part of the popular Sir Cumference series! Baker Pia is back with a handy way of counting by tens and fractions in this fun introduction to the decimal system.
This time the focus is back on Pia of Chartres from Sir Cumference and the Off-the-Charts Dessert. She is kidnapped by a family of ogres--Tentt, the father, Hoondrit, the mother, and their ten daughters, Una to Decima.
Pia is asked to help the ogres prepare a feast for a large celebration, which will involve tens, hundreds, even thousands of pieces of dessert!
Readers will learn about place value and the decimal system of notation in this latest medieval math adventure. The endnote includes a diagram with place names.
Part of the popular Sir Cumference series! Baker Pia is back with a handy way of counting by tens and fractions in this fun introduction to the decimal system.
Cindy Neuschwander is a native Californian born in San Diego. She
received a BA in international studies from Willamette University
and an MA in education from Stanford University. She has been
teaching since 1975, both at the high school and elementary
levels.As a mathematics education specialist, Cindy sought ways to
make math fun, interesting, and comprehensible to her students. In
1992, while living in England, Cindy began working on her first
book with this goal in mind.Sir Cumference and the First Round
Tabletook five years to reach publication, but it remains a very
popular book for its presentation of math concepts as well as for
its amusing and exciting story.
Wayne Geehan, a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston, has been
illustrating books, board games, and jigsaw puzzles for over 20
years. Heis the illustrator ofMultiplying MenaceandCut Down to Size
at High Noon,as well as the Sir Cumference series.When he isn't
painting in his Massachusetts studio, he enjoys being with his
family, reading, and researching his family's genealogy.
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