Sidney the Silly Who Only Eats 6 (Ages 4-9 yrs)

Author: M.W. Penn Illustrator: Sarah Tommer ISBN: 9780978404727 Publisher: Gumboot Books Pub Date: September 2007 Pages: 32 with Full Color Illustrations 10"W X 8"H Binding: Hardcover, library binding, printed on recycled paper in Canada In Stock - View Sample Price: $19.95 CAD

About

King Sidney is silly, he only eats 6", but the time comes when Chef Brolly puts his foot down and Sidney must find a way to get what he wants without driving everyone in the palace crazy!

This book won the Connecticut Press Club Children's Book of the Year 2007.

Educational Highlights

• Numeracy
• Literacy
• Poetry & Rhyming
• Math Concepts

Fans

"Penn's creative use of rhyme and number is a model of how to help the young child begin the demanding tasks of mastering literacy and numeracy."
- Dr. Edward Zigler, Founder of the Zigler Institute of Child Development at Yale University and the 'Father' of the Head Start program.

"The integration of poetry and mathematics is awesome, captivating; it invites the reader to explore problem solving and number sense!"
- Maria Diamantis, Ph. D., Chairperson, Department of Education, Southern Connecticut State University and President of the Association of Teachers of Mathematics New England. (ATOMNE).