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Pigeon Math
Telling a story about pigeons should be simple. But what's a narrator to do when the number of feathered friends is constantly changing?
Can our intrepid storyteller use math facts to keep up with the unstable quantities. . . or is this pigeon-centric tale doomed?
Can our intrepid storyteller use math facts to keep up with the unstable quantities. . . or is this pigeon-centric tale doomed?
40 pages, Hardcover
Published September 24, 2019
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January 25, 2021
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This book was cute and I liked how math was incorporated into a children's storybook. After reading this book to my students, I would like to do a response activity with them based off the storyline.
The assignment I would like to do is for math. I would create a sheet with math problems on there and as we are going over each math problem, I would draw the pigeons on the wire line and help draw out the problem for the students to visualize and answer the question correctly. It's a fun way to incorporate the cute story that was just read and also get their brains rolling with math.
This book was cute and I liked how math was incorporated into a children's storybook. After reading this book to my students, I would like to do a response activity with them based off the storyline.
The assignment I would like to do is for math. I would create a sheet with math problems on there and as we are going over each math problem, I would draw the pigeons on the wire line and help draw out the problem for the students to visualize and answer the question correctly. It's a fun way to incorporate the cute story that was just read and also get their brains rolling with math.
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November 10, 2019With all the comings and goings of this group of pigeons, the narrator has an almost impossible task trying to tell his story and count them. This is laugh out loud funny using math equations to figure out how many pigeons there are. Kids will love learning and reading this over and over again! - Jen K.
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December 8, 2020Lots of laughs as our narrator tries to count the pigeons to tell our story, but the pigeons keep flying away or returning! Lots of counting fun in this giggle-filled read, great for preschool or school age storytime.
December 27, 2019
Predictable but fun.
April 28, 2021
A very silly story to read to a class learning about addition and subtraction, or to read at home to introduce those mathematical ideas, or even just to read a silly story!
February 25, 2021
A fun twist on counting picture books that incorporates addition and subtraction. Whether the young reader lives in a city, suburbia or a more rural setting, nearly all young people should recognize and appreciate its simple premise: pigeons on a telephone wire in swiftly changing weather (plus one surprise cat). This would make a particularly engaging read aloud for first graders learning addition and subtraction.
March 25, 2020
Math: Addition & Subtraction
Another poor narrator foiled by the antics of her subjects. "One bright and sunny morning, ten pigeons...HEY! WAIT!" And so proceeds the narrator's many failed attempts to count all ten very distractable pigeons, unable to get past the first line of the story. As the pigeons leave or come back, the narrator says what numbers are being added or subtracted, accompanied with a number equation.
The suspense, the humor, and the intriguing scenarios are exciting from beginning to end.
Reviewed by: Miss Kelsey, Youth and School Services, Vernon Area Public Library
Another poor narrator foiled by the antics of her subjects. "One bright and sunny morning, ten pigeons...HEY! WAIT!" And so proceeds the narrator's many failed attempts to count all ten very distractable pigeons, unable to get past the first line of the story. As the pigeons leave or come back, the narrator says what numbers are being added or subtracted, accompanied with a number equation.
The suspense, the humor, and the intriguing scenarios are exciting from beginning to end.
Reviewed by: Miss Kelsey, Youth and School Services, Vernon Area Public Library
November 27, 2019
A funny story where the illustrations and the text are both equally integral in telling the story of a group of pigeons who depart from and reappear on a telephone wire, creating ample opportunities for simple counting, addition, and subtraction. Difficult for a storytime readaloud, probably, but a good foray into the math picture book world. I also found this book very attractive-- the funny illustrations are spot on.
Themes: Counting, Math
Age range: 4-8
Themes: Counting, Math
Age range: 4-8
June 14, 2019
What was supposed to be a story of ten pigeons turns into one very long math equation as shenanigans ensure and all the pigeons keep coming and going from their perch! Our narrator tries their best to keep up, but can't keep our pigeon count consistent. Who would have thought a power line could be so busy? Adorable, silly, and full of creative little birds.
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September 30, 2019A narrating pigeon is trying to tell a story about ten pigeons hanging out on a bright, sunny morning, but has trouble keeping up with how many there are as some of them come and go. One cat shows up which doesn't help matters. With some counting and addition, this is a fun book incorporating math. The pigeons are pretty cute, too.
December 9, 2019
This is a funny math (addition and subtraction) book where math is integral to the story. The kids enjoyed it - I read it to elementary aged students who were only too happy to pitch in and solve the narrator’s math problems.
I’m not sure this would work as well with younger children who do not yet know about numbers and addition / subtraction.
Great book for young math fans.
I’m not sure this would work as well with younger children who do not yet know about numbers and addition / subtraction.
Great book for young math fans.
January 21, 2021
The narrator is trying to tell a story, but the conditions keep changing and the pigeons are coming and going! So lots of addition and subtraction, talking through equations showing the results (but not really how things happen).
(Also, makes my childhood subtraction language of "fly away" very literal!)
(Also, makes my childhood subtraction language of "fly away" very literal!)
October 10, 2019
This was such a fun read! We had a blast reading this, there is opportunity for you to prompt your child to answer simple addition/subtraction questions to follow along with the story. The humor was great!
March 8, 2020
Starts with 10 pigeons on a line. Things keep on happening to remove or add pigeons.
Uses equations to show what's happening, but it doesn't visually show the middle step (so, it shows the # you start with the the # you end up at).
Uses equations to show what's happening, but it doesn't visually show the middle step (so, it shows the # you start with the the # you end up at).
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July 31, 2020With pigeons coming and going on and off of the page how we will ever finish the story? I can see my students thinking this book is so silly and it would be such a great way to practice our math facts and truly get repetition to be able to tell the difference between adding and subtracting.
August 27, 2020
It's hard to tell a story when you can't keep the characters on the page! These pigeons keep flying away so there's some subtracting to do. Plus the addition of one.... CAT! Oh no! Will we have to subtract more pigeons?
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July 1, 2019Note: I accessed a digital review copy of this book through Edelweiss.
September 29, 2019
Love these pigeons and love this author!
October 15, 2019
What a clever and fun idea for introducing kids to addition and subtraction. Kids are sure to laugh as the narrator tries to count the pigeons!
January 18, 2020
A super cute book about adding and subtracting with pigeons on a line. It goes a little too long but it would make a great story in a lower elementary classroom.
March 17, 2020
Narrator starts with 10 pigeons to begin his story but so many things happen in the day to change the number of pigeons that he doesn't get to finish is story until bedtime.
March 23, 2020
What a fun way to do simple addition and subtraction. The counting takes all day, but eventually all of the pigeons are accounted for.
March 29, 2020
A fun math book. My preschooler is super entertained by this book.
October 21, 2022
This hilarious book starts with the premise of the narrator attempting to tell a story about pigeons on a wire....but the pigeons can't settle in so the narrator is constantly having to ADD or SUBTRACT pigeons (sounds a little like reading to my K/1 classes in the library!!). Every time pigeon fly away or come to land on the wire, this is presented as a math expression. The pigeons on the page allow children to count them to solve the problem and the answer is on the following page. As the day wears on and the narrator has to restart many times and roll with the pigeons and their silly antics. The numbers used are all 10 and under so likely a good addition to a K/1 math class for the kids to visualize the problems (ex: 8-6=?) and then check their answers on the next page. It is a chaotic bird frenzy so I wouldn't use it as an introduction to adding and subtracting. I could see this as a jumping off point for kids creating their own version of an animal math book too to demonstrate math expressions.
April 7, 2022
5 stars
The concept of this math-based picture book is so, so creative! The narrator is trying to tell a story about pigeons on a phone line. They start the book by saying, “One bright and sunny morning, ten pigeons…”...and it is all downhill from there for the narrator as more pigeons land on the line, some take off, and then a cat gets involved. Every time there is a change, the narrator has to do a quick math problem to figure out how many pigeons there are now…while slowly getting more and more frustrated. It is hilarious and intellectually stimulating for young academics. I highly recommend it!
~ Miss Emily
The concept of this math-based picture book is so, so creative! The narrator is trying to tell a story about pigeons on a phone line. They start the book by saying, “One bright and sunny morning, ten pigeons…”...and it is all downhill from there for the narrator as more pigeons land on the line, some take off, and then a cat gets involved. Every time there is a change, the narrator has to do a quick math problem to figure out how many pigeons there are now…while slowly getting more and more frustrated. It is hilarious and intellectually stimulating for young academics. I highly recommend it!
~ Miss Emily
October 5, 2019
Age: Preschool-2nd grade
Math: Addition & Subtraction
Another poor narrator foiled by the antics of her subjects. "One bright and sunny morning, ten pigeons...HEY! WAIT!" And so proceeds the narrator's many failed attempts to count all ten very distractable pigeons, unable to get past the first line of the story. As the pigeons leave or come back, the narrator says what numbers are being added or subtracted, accompanied with a number equation.
The suspense, the humor, and the intriguing scenarios are exciting from beginning to end.
Math: Addition & Subtraction
Another poor narrator foiled by the antics of her subjects. "One bright and sunny morning, ten pigeons...HEY! WAIT!" And so proceeds the narrator's many failed attempts to count all ten very distractable pigeons, unable to get past the first line of the story. As the pigeons leave or come back, the narrator says what numbers are being added or subtracted, accompanied with a number equation.
The suspense, the humor, and the intriguing scenarios are exciting from beginning to end.
April 13, 2021
This is hands down my favorite picture book of the year so far! A great math storytime book for preschool and kindergarten aged kids. Reading it aloud is super fun and their is lots of room for improv. Kids can call out how many pigeons will be on the next page based on a simple addition math equation (no numbers higher then 10) on the previous page. You could even do this with a visual felt story aid or by counting on your fingers.
November 7, 2019
With all the comings and goings of this group of pigeons, the narrator has an almost impossible task trying to tell his story and count them. It's laugh out loud funny using math equations to count the pigeons. Kids will love learning and reading this over and over again!
May 14, 2022
This was a book about adding and subtracting. I was supposed to be funny, but I don't think it was really that funny. I think it was an okay book but I am not sure if students in elementary school would enjoy this book.
December 24, 2019
339/365
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