Life of Fred: Goldfish

Life of Fred Elementary Series #7

by Stanley F. Schmidt

Life of Fred is a series of math books that break the old pattern of drill and kill. Instead of nothing but dry exposition and endless drill exercises, they contain fun stories about Fred Gauss, a child prodigy math genius. During his hilarious adventures, he encounters situations that call for solving math problems. Dr. Stanley Schmidt wrote these to make math come alive with humor, clear explanations, and silly illustrations that will make math a fun subject. Your children actually want to read these books. The stories carry on through the exercises, leading the student through them.

Genres: Mathematics, Education, Childrens, Juvenile, Nonfiction, Reference, School

124 pages

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Stanley F. Schmidt is an educator. He began teaching high school teacher at the age of 22, and later taught in a college.

Reviews

[Congetta · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son loves Fred!

[Ella · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the first of the Life of Fred books I've read. My mom gave it to me to read through to see how my brothers would like it. I can see that it would be helpful, and my brothers might like it, but I really can't stand the pictures. Okay, that's not a problem with the writing, but I really really hate the clip art pictures.

[Brandon Minster · Rating 2 out of 5]

I like the concept, but I feel like the author could have used a much better editor to help guide his good idea and strong mathematics background into a good book. Too much of the story is distractingly weird. Maybe I wouldn't have felt this way if I'd started at the beginning of the series, but I doubt it.

[Amélie Hartley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Amazing, good for teaching.
Good and talented writing.

[Leiloni Schulz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Having fun and learning math.