Ten Friends

by Bruce Goldstone, Heather Cahoon (Illustrator)

A riotous counting book that ends in a grand tea party for 100 friends.

If you could ask 10 friends to tea,
tell me who those friends would be.

You might invite 9 bears and 1 forest ranger. Or perhaps you'd choose 4 divers, 3 chauffeurs, and 3 drivers. Whichever group of friends you count, you'll still wind up with 10.

But what happens if all of your friends come? Put all the groups together and they add up to a whole lot more than 10--there are 100 friends coming for tea! Rollicking rhymes and cheerful pictures create a delightful introduction to simple addition concepts.

Genres: Picture Books, School, Childrens, Mathematics

32 pages, Hardcover

First published August 1, 2001

About the author

Bruce Goldstone is the author of several books, including 100 Ways to Celebrate 100 Days, Great Estimations, Greater Estimations and The Beastly Feast. He has worked in educational publishing for nearly twenty years. Growing up in Ohio, Bruce fell in love with reading and the magic of words, and even back then he knew he wanted to be a writer. Books have always been an important part of his life, from buying used paperbacks to his first job, shelving books as a library page. He now lives in New York City with a plethora of pets including one dog, three parakeets, and an aquarium.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/bruceg...

Reviews

[Tiffany Boutain · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book, it had great illustrations and a good storyline to show different ways to add up to ten. This would be great to use during an addition lesson and gives students a chance to see different ways of numbers and how they can still add up to ten. This story will keep your students engaged because each page has different animals to invite to the "tea party". This would be great for the more primary grade levels and a brain warm-up to get students thinking about addition and different ways to add.

[Felicity Hempstead · Rating 5 out of 5]

The rhyming, counting, and graphics in this book make it a fantastic read. The number ten can be added in a variety of ways in this number book. The story is about inviting friends for tea, and one example from the story is that you can invite 9 bears and 1 forest ranger. This is only one of many examples in the book that children may use to learn how different numbers add up to 10.

[Carlie Engels · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great story to teach different ways of adding numbers to equal ten. The story is a fun read aloud because it is rhyming. Also, children will love the fun illustrations full of color and funny animals. The artist used Adobe Illustrator to crate the illustrations for this book. They are full bleed, double page spreads. The type face is bold and colorful. Throughout the story, the numbers being added together are larger and a different color from the rest of the text. The publisher probably chose to do this so that children can easily see that all the different combinations of numbers add up to ten.

[Sam · Rating 5 out of 5]

This number book shows how many ways one can add to number ten. Each page shows a way in which one can add to the number ten using animal characters. The end of the book lists the ways one can add to ten. The book also introduces adding by ten’s.

Teaching ideas

1) The students can reenact a page from the story by using their bodies to form and solve the math problem.

2) Each student will draw a picture of ten different items and explain how those items add up to the number ten.

[Stacy Lawless · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a GREAT book, the rhyming, counting and illustrations in it both my daughter (4 years old) and I really enjoy! I tried to purchase it for a friend who was having a baby, but found that it is out of print, how sad!

[Lindsey Rutledge · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book would be great for teaching students how different combinations can make one number. 6+4=10, 5+5 =10, and many more combinations. You can have your students right different combinations for other numbers.

[Jermaine · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great for adding...dividing...and frations

[Kenalyn · Rating 5 out of 5]

just want to read this book

[Harry Griffin]

This book is a great read! The narrator is using numbers to tell a story of friends meeting over dinner. This book would be a great addition to a math lesson for younger kids. It counts numbers up to ten and back down to one.