Math

Simple toys are best! The young boy in this sweet little story spends time going through a special box at his Grandma's house. The box is full of buttons and he spends his time going through and sorting all the different types. This living book is a gentle introduction to the concept of sorting; a perfect early math book. The backmatter of this picture book also gives a short history of the invention of buttons.  

From the Publisher: Here is an adorable picture book for curious kids, which explores skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment. “How many seeds are in a pumpkin?” Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million seeds; Elinor, sounding like she knows what she’s talking about, guesses the medium one has 500 seeds; and Anna, who likes even numbers better than odd ones, guesses that the little one has 22. Charlie, the smallest boy in the class, doesn’t have a guess. Counting pumpkin seeds is messy business, but once the slimy job is done, to everyone’s surprise, the smallest pumpkin has the most seeds! As Charlie happily exclaims, “Small things have a lot going on inside of them.”