A humorous but informative introduction to size and distance

How Many Mice Make an Elephant? And Other Big Questions about Size and Distance introduces children to this tricky maths concept in a fun, relatable way.

Fantastically written by Tracey Turner, questions such as 'How many high jumps to the moon?' and 'How many ice cubes make an iceberg?' get children to think about just how high, how big and how far things are, as well as teaching them the maths to work it out! The logic behind each comparison is explained in clear, simple steps for children to follow along, helping them to reach the answer.

Beautiful illustrations by Aaron Cushley couldn't be further from a maths text book, making learning maths a truly fun experience.

This wonderfully illustrated take on maths-by-stealth includes an introduction by Kjartan Poskitt, author of the bestselling Murderous Maths series.

"The shape of you, the shape of me, the shape of everything I see.." In this board book featuring bright new colors and the original whimsical text, Dr. Seuss introduces the concept of shapes to babies and toddlers.  

""WHO'S BEEN EATING MY PORRIDGE?""""WHO'S BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR?""""WHO'S BEEN SLEEPING IN MY BED?" """ Even little ones who know the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears will be eager to recite familiar lines and turn the pages in this warmly told and humorously illustrated edition, created by the master storyteller Paul Galdone.

Young children always enjoy looking at bright pictures, and with this book they can also learn to recognize, name and create different patterns. It includes everyday shapes such as wiggly toothpaste or squishy spiral cake, manufactured ones like spotted party balloons or splotches of messy paint, and natural ones such as stripes on a zebra or ripples in water. The straightforward text encourages reading skills and interactivity - see what patterns you can find on a wing of a butterfly, make zigzags in wet sand, and count the rings to find out the age of a tree. This first words and picture book will delight and inform early learners, who will love looking at it with grown-ups or by themselves. Compiled with the advice of educational specialists, this special padded boardbook combines lively, simple text with bold, bright photographs to promote the development of literacy skills. Experts agree that preschool children respond more immediately to photographs than to illustrations, and this book is full of lively images of objects, activities and people that youngsters will encounter in the world around them.The images are carefully arranged into visual and subject groups, such as spots, checks, zigzags, wiggles, swirls, spirals, natural patterns, animal patterns, and patterns that we can make ourselves - such as drizzles of icing or footprints on the ground. Young readers will see and identify with the pictures of children just like them, encouraging them to make connections, and to see how various things develop and work together.

Matt and Mia's Adventures were written to encourage children to develop a love for reading. The books contain fun stories that focus on early literary skills, such as counting and identifying shapes and colours. There are five stories in the series: Matt and Mia Meet a Bully; Matt and Mia Build a Bridge; Matt and Mia in the Garden; Matt and Mia help Eddy; Matt and Mia rescue Tom Cat.

Baby Touch: Shapes is part of Ladybird's best-selling Baby Touch series, designed to help stimulate a baby's senses from birth. Encouraging interaction and play, the Baby Touch books are lots of fun for the very youngest babies, as well as toddlers.

Baby Touch: Shapes is a bold, bright board book perfect for little hands to explore. With a big touch-and-feel on every double page, it helps to stimulate your baby's senses as well as gently helping to teach first shapes such as square, circle, triangle, star and rectangle.

Oval painted eggs hidden in the yard. Circular chicks bouncing in spring meadows. Rectangular teeth on a fluffy white bunny, spreading spring-time cheer to all. Help little ones identify basic shapes while spreading some joy this spring in the next book by author-illustrator Jill Howarth.

Share this book with the baby in your life. It's never too early to read together! From the eminent photographer and acclaimed book creator Tana Hoban, this bestselling board book features bold black-and-white high-contrast images to engage babies and very young children. Tana Hoban's board books have sold more than a million copies and are beloved by teachers, librarians, parents, and readers. A perfect gift for new parents and babies. Before they are able to clearly see colors, babies respond to the strong contrast between black and white, which makes this the perfect first book for young, developing brains. Experiencing bold black-and-white contrast helps stimulate development in the retina and the optic nerve. This large-format, sturdy board book features high-contrast art from four bestselling Tana Hoban board books: Black on White, White on Black, Who Are They?, and What Is That? These classic and popular books have sold more than one million copies. About Black on White and White on Black, Publishers Weekly said, "Hoban's compositions are so supple and her layouts so well balanced that she casts kind of a spell ...magical."

The monkey is swinging through the trees, a pretty butterfly is fluttering in the sky and a deer is racing through the trees. Can you trace each felt pattern? Gently rhyming text explores 8 different animals and how they like to move, in this delightful board book. A felt layer between each page, encourages your little one to practice turning the easy-to-hold felt edges themselves, while little fingers can also trace the soft, felt patterns to engage with the story and improve hand-eye coordination. Bold, simple artwork is specially created with minimal colours and black lines to appeal to young children and babies.

Skippyjon has an overactive imagination. And he is pretty active himself. Here he shapes up with shapes: he runs in a circle, tap-dances on a square, orbits an oval. And then the great sword fighter shows his muscles.

Young children always enjoy looking at bright pictures, and with this book they can learn about mixing and matching at the same time. They can unite pairs of shoes, group together all the red objects, spot all the spotted things, find a nose for the clown, match the cup to the saucer, and have hours of fun sorting by pattern, shade, shape, size and number. The straightforward text encourages reading skills and interactive questioning - how many green things can you find, who is the smallest in your family, and have the kittens got a saucer of milk each? This first words and picture book will delight and inform children, whether reading on their own or with an adult. Compiled with the advice of educational specialists, this special padded boardbook combines lively, simple text with bold, bright photographs to promote the development of literacy skills. Experts agree that preschool children respond more immediately to photographs than to illustrations, and this book shows lots of appealing and everyday things that go together - and lots of things that don't!Readers are invited to pair up the mixed-up socks, group objects by their appearance, count whether there are enough spoons for all the ice-cream sundaes, and much more. The images are carefully arranged into visual and subject groups, such as pairs of things, size, shape, natural partners, and types of clothing. This encourages young readers to make connections, and to see how various things relate and link together.

Give your child the best foundation to their education with this colourful and fun guide to shapes. My First Brain Quest: Shapes helps lay the foundation for pre-math skills, as children identify and describe shapes and their attributes. Questions help children build vocabulary and their understanding about the similarities and differences between shapes. Smart, colorful, grounded in educational principles, and reviewed by a panel of early learning experts, this board book introduces numbers in a fun, engaging way.

One Saturday at the beach, Laura, Juan, and Sarah decide to have a sand castle contest. As the tide rises, the walls get longer, the towers get taller, and the moats get deeper. The friends measure their sand castles with spoons, shovels, and bare feet until Larry the lifeguard and his tape measure surprise them all.

Everyday activities such as sharing a meal, sorting socks, and getting ready for school can be part of learning math. In the MathStart series, everyday life is the basis for each entertaining story. Simple math concepts are embedded in each story so that young children intuitively understand them. Adults can use the creative suggestions for activities in the back of each book to extend learning opportunities with children.

Developmentally appropriate and correlated to school grade levels and the curriculum standards of the National Council of Teachers Of Mathematics, MathStart can give children a head start!