Lexile Measure: 410L (What's this?)
Series: Hello Math Reader (Book 3)
Paperback: 40 pages
Publisher: Cartwheel; 37547th edition (April 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0590227157
ISBN-13: 978-0590227155
Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 6 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #7,922 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #49 in Books > Children's Books > Education & Reference > Math #245 in Books > Children's Books > Literature & Fiction > Chapter Books & Readers > Beginner Readers
Age Range: 4 - 8 years
Grade Level: Preschool - 3
I read this book in my second grade class. This is a funny book. Even Steven likes everything even. Odd Todd likes everything odd. For example, Even Steven would like 8 pancakes and Odd Todd would like 7 pancakes. Even Steven goes through hard work with Odd Todd. Then, Even Steven notices that odd and even are both good. My favorite part was when Odd Todd and Even Steven win their $50 prize.
My 8 year old had this book on her school reading list. She loved it and has read it many times. She thought it was really funny and loved the part about the gummy worms on the pizza. Any book that gets a child to read is all right with me.
This book is great for kids who love math but may not find standard children's fiction interesting. My kindergarten has a fascination with numbers so she really liked the way the story wove in the math concepts. It's an enjoyable read.
Cute book, but not much math value. Steven and Todd are cousins with opposite personalities, and that's where the fun comes in. Steven likes everything even-numbered, but Todd prefers odd. Todd is even drawn oddly, with odd accessories and habits, while Steven is drawn straight-laced. Cute, eh?The book was better for showing the adjectives "even" as "measured and orderly" versus "odd" as "off-kilter and zany" than for showing the math values.But the kids enjoy reading it. We'll keep it, it's just not what I was hoping for.
This is a great book. We are a homeschooling family and try to look for clever books. This definitely fit the bill. We just happened to be learning to skip count. Also had just started talking about the concept of even vs odd numbers. My son has ADHD and just recently at 6 yrs old learned to read. This book was challenging enough for him to read, but doable. He announced there were 800 some odd words in it.The book opens with skip counting .. 2 fish..4 dogs..6 birds...something like that. Over and over there is math snuck in "I will make 4 pancakes...2 for now and 2 for later" My son had recently learned adding doubles in math so this was really cool for him to have the doubles in a fun application in a book...not just say a boring story problem or with the manipulatives.We have had this book about 3 weeks courtesy of the tooth fairy. My son has either set it out as a book we read to him at bedtime or he reads it to us. I would say just about every single night it is read by someone in the house to or by our son. I was not familiar with these books and will be looking for more.Enjoy!!
My 2 1/2 year old loves this book. I have read it many times. I first heard about it when a mom at a park was reciting it from memory to her 2 year old. It is a very fun book and a great way to introduce the concept of odd and even numbers. Also, the pictures are very fun and my son loves counting all of the fish, cats, gerbils, etc on the pages. So, he is definitely developing his counting too.
My 4 1/2 year old and I love this book! We're starting pre-K this fall, and I've been looking for math-content books to enrich our daily reading practice. Like another reviewer said, the book isn't overtly focused on math concepts, but I think the idea that everything about Even Steven and Odd Todd is even and odd (respectively, of course) is really clever. My son loves the quirkiness of each character, and I'm thrilled that he's getting some knowledge base of the concepts he'll eventually learn in school.Incidentally, I purchased this book because it was listed as a resource at the back of "Missing Mittens" by Stuart J. Murphy. If you're looking for books based on mathematical concepts, Murphy's MathStart books are really nicely done. http://www.mathstart.net/
This was a fun, silly story about cousins who are opposite as can be. Can Even Steven learn to get along with Odd Todd? Great helper for teaching and reinforcing the concept of even/odd. My middle guy caught on quickly.
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