Barbara Barbieri McGrath

Colorful teddy bears and simple rhymes help students learn addition.

Told in rhyming text, five little ostriches enjoy running through the bush, but when a lion comes near they hide.

In this version of "The Little Red Hen," set at the North Pole, a penguin and a hare refuse to help an elf plant, grow, and decorate an evergreen tree but nevertheless expect to open the presents found under its branches on Christmas Day.

Text and illustrations of the familiar O-shaped cereal help the reader count to ten and add groups of ten.

In this version of "The Little Red Hen," set at a farm, the other animals eat and play while the little gray bunny does all the chores in the barn, until one day he teaches them a lesson about laziness.

Rhyming text and illustrations use candy to teach mathematical skills, including review of counting and estimation and single and double digit addition.

Riddles and illustrations use candy to teach mathematical skills and concepts including negative numbers, number lines, quantity comparison, number sentences, and fractions.

Explains how to count up to 100 pieces of M&M candy by ones, twos, fives, and tens.

Rhyming text describes how to sort M & M's to make various color patterns.