Art and Culture: The Stories of Constellations: Shapes

Students will learn all about geometric shapes while engaged in reading about Greek Gods and Goddesses, mythology, and the constellations. This book uses real-world examples to teach math concepts, and incorporates nonfiction reading to increase vocabulary and comprehension skills. The practice problems, graphs, and sidebars provide many opportunities for students to practice their developing math skills, and apply what they've learned to their daily lives. Essential text features like a glossary, index, and table of contents will increase students' interest level and their interaction with the text. "Math Talk" poses problems for further thinking, requiring students to use their higher-order thinking skills. Teaching math and reading has never been so seamlessly integrated-or so easy! | Learn geometric shapes by studying the constellations and Greek mythology! This high-interest math reader integrates math and literacy skills, and uses practical, real-world examples to help students explore math in a meaningful way. |

Saskia Peterson is the author of over 100 books for kids! She has written board books, poems, picture books, early readers, chapter books, and activity books. She is co-author and editor of the popular Goats of Anarchy picture book series. One of the books in the series, The Goat With Many Coats, was an Amazon Editor’s Pick and named a Best Book for children ages 3–5. In addition to Benjamin Franklin: One-of-a-Kind Statesman, her most recent work includes a series of decodable board books, a picture book celebrating the cutest animals of all time, and a book about bugs for the best-selling Weird But True series.