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Math All Around
Graphing in the Desert (Math All Around) by Jennifer Roy
"Reinforces the ability to read and create graphs, stimulates critical thinking, and provides students with an understanding of math in the real world"--Provided by publisher.
- Genres1st GradeNonfiction
Library Binding
First published June 1, 2006
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Jennifer Rozines Roy
41 books5 followersJennifer Rozines Roy (see also Jennifer Roy) is an American children's writer. She is best known for fiction including Yellow Star, which won a Boston Globe-Horn Book Honor Award (2006), Sydney Taylor Honor Award, The William Allen White Children's Book Award (2009), a New York Public L Book, an ALA Notable Book, National Jewish Book Honor Award, and received starred reviews in Publishers Weekly, School Library Journal, VOYA and Booklist. She has written 35 educational books for children ages 5–16, including the "You Can Write" series.
Her latest book is Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein (February 2018), inspired by the true story of a young boy growing up in Iraq under the first Gulf war. Her Co-author Ali Fadhil was that boy and he grew up to be a translator in the trial of Saddam Hussein.
Her first illustrated book is "Jars of Hope", (August 2015). She is also the coauthor of the Trading Faces series (Simon and Schuster), a series co-written with her twin sister, Julia DeVillers. The second book in the series is Take Two, the third book is Times Squared, and the fourth is "Double Feature". The fifth book in the series is "Triple Trouble". Her book MindBlind, about a boy who is profoundly gifted and has Asperger syndrome, was published in October 2010 and received a YALSA award.
Her latest book is Playing Atari with Saddam Hussein (February 2018), inspired by the true story of a young boy growing up in Iraq under the first Gulf war. Her Co-author Ali Fadhil was that boy and he grew up to be a translator in the trial of Saddam Hussein.
Her first illustrated book is "Jars of Hope", (August 2015). She is also the coauthor of the Trading Faces series (Simon and Schuster), a series co-written with her twin sister, Julia DeVillers. The second book in the series is Take Two, the third book is Times Squared, and the fourth is "Double Feature". The fifth book in the series is "Triple Trouble". Her book MindBlind, about a boy who is profoundly gifted and has Asperger syndrome, was published in October 2010 and received a YALSA award.
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July 13, 2010
This concept book combines two topics: science and math, for it not only teaches about the climate, topography, flora and fauna of a desert, but also explains the mathematical concepts of statistics, data analysis and probability. Using pictographs, bar graphs, line graphs, and pie charts as well as visually-appealing color photographs, Graphing in the Desert also allows students to keep track and learn about all the plants, birds, snakes, mammals, cacti, and insects found in the Sonora Desert of Arizona. At the back is a glossary of mathematical and scientific terms used in the text, a short list of two books to read more about the desert, and a list of websites for kids to visit. Authored by a former Gifted and Talented teacher, this book from the Math All Around series serves as a useful cross-curricular tool for implementing the first and second grade math standards of students representing and comparing data as well as concepts in earth science and biology.
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