Missing Math
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Picture Book · Ages 5–8 · 2008

Missing Math

By Loreen Leedy

A town loses its numbers, causing chaos. Can a detective restore order?

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In a town where numbers vanish overnight, chaos reigns. Animals can't count, phones are silent, and time stands still. With rulers and money rendered useless, a determined detective must unravel this numerical mystery. Can he restore the numbers and bring order back to their world? Dive into a whimsical adventure where math proves essential to everyday life.

From the publisher

In Missing Math, the numbers all over town suddenly disappear. The animals can’t count, use the phone, or even find out what time it is. Rulers, money, and computers have all become completely useless…Can the town’s detective solve this numerical mystery? Will he ever bring the numbers back home again? Loreen Leedy’s clever rhyming text PLUS her amusing digitally painted illustrations EQUALS proof that we need math each and every day.

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Format
Hardcover
Pages
32
Reading age
5–8
Audience
Picture
Lexile
550L
Themes & topics
Books about animalsBooks about mathBooks about numbersBooks about counting and numbers
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Book details

Reading levels
ATOS
2.7
F&P level
~N
AR points
0.5
AR interest level
LG
AR quiz
120364
Publication
Published
January 5, 2012
First published
April 1, 2008
Publisher
Two Lions
Edition
Language
English
Type
Picture Book
Identifiers
ISBN
9780761453857

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