You Can Count On Me

A young girl sees the world differently in this beautiful picture book celebration of math. Everyone has a passion. For some, it's music. For others, it's art. For our heroine, it's math. When she looks around the world, she sees math in all the beautiful things: the concentric circles a stone makes in a lake, the curve of a slide, the geometric shapes in the playground. Others don't understand her passion, but she doesn't mind. There are infinite ways to see the world. And through math is one of them. This book is a gorgeous ode to something vital but rarely celebrated. In the eyes of this little girl, math takes its place alongside painting, drawing and song as a way to ponder the beauty of the world.

Though many things in the world are uncertain, there are some people we can always count on—so let’s count them! In this colorful board book filled with adorable, diverse characters, children count the everyday heroes around them from 10 crossing guards and 9 firefighters down to 2 parents, and of course, 1 you!

Acclaimed playwright Kenneth Lonergan’s You Can Count on Me is one of the most highly praised independent films of recent years, earning many of the major screenplay awards. This is the lovingly drawn story of a sister and brother’s complicated, fragile, but somehow enduring bond. Sammy and Terry Prescott were orphaned as children. Sammy, now the single mother of a young son, has stayed in their hometown and is an officer at the local bank. Terry has become something of a drifter, surfacing only when he needs money. Sammy’s own life has its complications: she puts off an old boyfriend’s proposal and begins an affair with her new boss. Together in their family home, Terry’s charming irresponsibility collides with Sammy’s confusion over her own actions. What remains unspoken is what they’ve known since they were left with only each other sixteen years before.

Patrick Solomon has gone full circle in life in his bid to undo anybody on his way to life’s achievements. He now settles down to enjoy his spoils of victory. He is suddenly stricken with a vicious heart attack. This unhappy event is exacerbated by the news that he needs a new heart to live. He pledges everything within his power to make this heart transplant come to fruition. But the transplant fails, leaving him stone dead. His death eventually opens his eyes to the stark realities of his passage through life. Does he enjoy this scenery? This is all about the story, You Can Count on Me.

Shows different ways for young children to be responsible.

People count on good citizens to make America a great country. In this inspiring nonfiction book, readers will learn what they can do to be good citizens, what leaders do to help citizens, and what rules good citizens follow. The appealing images, supportive text, and helpful table of contents, glossary, and index work together to keep readers informed and engaged from cover to cover. This 6-Pack includes six copies of this title and a lesson plan.

This book is a unique teaching tool that takes math lovers on a journey designed to motivate kids (and kids at heart) to learn the fun of factoring and prime numbers. This volume visually explores the concepts of factoring and the role of prime and composite numbers. The playful and colorful monsters are designed to give children (and even older audiences) an intuitive understanding of the building blocks of numbers and the basics of multiplication. The introduction and appendices can also help adult readers answer questions about factoring from their young audience. The artwork is crisp and creative and the colors are bright and engaging, making this volume a welcome deviation from standard math texts. Any person, regardless of age, can profit from reading this book. Readers will find themselves returning to its pages for a very long time, continually learning from and getting to know the monsters as their knowledge expands. You Can Count on Monsters is a magnificent addition for any math education program and is enthusiastically recommended to every teacher, parent and grandparent, student, child, or other individual interested in exploring the visually fascinating world of the numbers 1 through 100.

About the author Million is an educator with two decades of experience, having managed educational programmes at more than 400 kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in Singapore and China, with close to a million students who have benefited from programmes she has created or implemented. Million graduated from the National University of Singapore. She has two music diplomas from the Trinity College of London and a second Dan black belt in Karate. She was the only female Singaporean karate representative at the 1987 South East Asian games. She was awarded a silver for the Shankar International art competition in 1983 and was also an ESSO University scholar in 1988. She was the only person in Singapore to be double promoted at school in 1977. Million is the elder of 2 daughters by primary school teachers, Hood Inn and Siok Cheng. Million has a daughter and two sons. Tansy is a lawyer in Singapore, Tiernan is studying psychology at James Cook University and Tierney at the University of Cambridge. All three are strong swimmers, proficient in music and have black belts in Taekwondo. Million400 Million(National University of Singapore) (Trinity College of London) 19871983 Shankar International 1988(ESSO) 1977 MillionHood Inn and Siok ChengMillionTansyTiernan (James Cook University)TierneyCambridge University