Best Selling Books by Marilyn Burns

David and Kristy learn how to play fair in this story that you can read yourself!

The lessons in this book introduce basic algebraic concepts to students in the primary grades. Manipulative materials, problem-solving investigations, games, and real-world and imaginary contexts support arithmetic learning while introducing ideas basic to algebra, including patterns, equivalence, and graphing.

Cara and her two younger brothers have fun using multiplication to make a very unusual soup for the family dinner.

Tom the Cat uses division and his hungry stomach to figure out how many delicious baked treats each of his afternoon guests will get on their plates, if he can resist temptation. Original.

A little girl uses sorting and classifying skills to tackle the huge mess in her room. Includes related activities and games.

Mike and his friends try to figure out why the money in his allowance jar appears to be shrinking. Includes related math activities.

Angry about being giving a tangram puzzle instead of candy, trick-or-treater Greedy Pete smashes it and finds it pursuing him as it rearranges itself into various animals. Includes related math activities.

Liz the Whiz and her younger brother use codes, a chart, and a map of the backyard that matches a clock face to solve Zack's mystery. Includes a section with related activities.