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Leedy, L. (2002). Follow the Money. New York, NY: Holiday House.
Book type: Informational picture book, 32 pages
Grades: Kindergarten to 3rd
Awards:
2004 Nominated for the Emphasis on Reading Award
Summary: This book’s focus was on a newly minted quarter. The reader follows George Washington (a quarter) on an adventurous day from the Federal Reserve to the local bank, where he is picked up by a grocer for his store. George makes his way to different places such as a soda machine, piggy bank, toy store, candy store, washing machine, and finally back to a bank. Several math problems are introduced and the reader is to figure out how much change a lady gets from a twenty dollar bill. Of course it is only a quarter.
Credibility of the author: Loreen Leedy majored in art in college but wasn't sure what kind of artist to be. She began making polymer clay jewelry and chess sets and selling them at craft shows. At the age of twenty-five years she began turning her jewelry into book characters. Her first published title was A Number of Dragons, a counting book written in verse. She has written and illustrated over 30 picture books, and is working on one right now in her studio in central Florida. To gather information on a topic, she reads books and magazines, and searches the Internet.
Illustrator/Illustrations: Loreen Leedy is the illustrator of her own books. She uses pencil, photographs, digital collage and painting to illustrate this book.
National Standards: Math Standards: Mathematics as Problem Solving, Mathematics as Communication, Mathematics as Reasoning, and Mathematical Connections
Access Features: There is a "More About Money" section and a list of money words are appended. The large type is all over the place with dialogue and thought balloons and text compete for readers' attention.
My response to the book: This book has been well planned and thought out. I liked the way that the money talks to the reader and to each other. It is very different from many of the books that I have found. It doesn’t just give the reader the information in a very plain voice. It is energetic and keeps the reader wanting to know where George Washington will go next.
How I would use this book in my classroom: I think that this would be a great book to use when teaching the different coins. When school ended this year, I was currently teaching some of my students the different coins. I will definetly use this book when I return after the summer vacation to reinforce and teach some of my new students. Additionally, this is a great book to use when teaching how money circulates. It would be great to mark a coin with a piece of tape and see if the students can follow it through out the day.
Related text: Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money by Amy Axelrod, The Penny Pot by Stuart J. Murphy, and Once Upon a Dime: A Math Adventure by Nancy Kelly Allen
Leedy, L. (2002). Follow the Money. New York, NY: Holiday House.
Book type: Informational picture book, 32 pages
Grades: Kindergarten to 3rd
Awards:
2004 Nominated for the Emphasis on Reading Award
Summary: This book’s focus was on a newly minted quarter. The reader follows George Washington (a quarter) on an adventurous day from the Federal Reserve to the local bank, where he is picked up by a grocer for his store. George makes his way to different places such as a soda machine, piggy bank, toy store, candy store, washing machine, and finally back to a bank. Several math problems are introduced and the reader is to figure out how much change a lady gets from a twenty dollar bill. Of course it is only a quarter.
Credibility of the author: Loreen Leedy majored in art in college but wasn't sure what kind of artist to be. She began making polymer clay jewelry and chess sets and selling them at craft shows. At the age of twenty-five years she began turning her jewelry into book characters. Her first published title was A Number of Dragons, a counting book written in verse. She has written and illustrated over 30 picture books, and is working on one right now in her studio in central Florida. To gather information on a topic, she reads books and magazines, and searches the Internet.
Illustrator/Illustrations: Loreen Leedy is the illustrator of her own books. She uses pencil, photographs, digital collage and painting to illustrate this book.
National Standards: Math Standards: Mathematics as Problem Solving, Mathematics as Communication, Mathematics as Reasoning, and Mathematical Connections
Access Features: There is a "More About Money" section and a list of money words are appended. The large type is all over the place with dialogue and thought balloons and text compete for readers' attention.
My response to the book: This book has been well planned and thought out. I liked the way that the money talks to the reader and to each other. It is very different from many of the books that I have found. It doesn’t just give the reader the information in a very plain voice. It is energetic and keeps the reader wanting to know where George Washington will go next.
How I would use this book in my classroom: I think that this would be a great book to use when teaching the different coins. When school ended this year, I was currently teaching some of my students the different coins. I will definetly use this book when I return after the summer vacation to reinforce and teach some of my new students. Additionally, this is a great book to use when teaching how money circulates. It would be great to mark a coin with a piece of tape and see if the students can follow it through out the day.
Related text: Pigs Will Be Pigs: Fun with Math and Money by Amy Axelrod, The Penny Pot by Stuart J. Murphy, and Once Upon a Dime: A Math Adventure by Nancy Kelly Allen
4 comments:
This would be a wonderful book to use within the classroom when dealing with money. This past year I received a dollar bill that was stamped for tracking George Washington. I had to go to a website a type in the serial number in and it would track the dollar and let you know where all it had been. The kids loved it and were amazed at how far our money can travel.
This would be a great book to use in a math unit on money but also in state's studies in history since each state is getting a coin. I've done money lessons before with analyzing traits of dollar bills and this would be a perfect book to go with those lessons!
Loreen Leedy is known for the math books she writes. So, if you're looking for a math trade book, you could do an author search with her name.
I also immediately thought about the state quarters when I read your annotation. Have you noticed the new nickels? The buffalo is on them again! (Of course, I'm old enough to remember the old buffalo nickels--yikes, even the designs on money are coming back!
I loved your presentation of this book. I think it would cause the students to ask so many different questions.
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