Dinos Love Numbers: Maths is easy with dinosaurs!

By Author / Illustrator

Adam Frost, Mike Byrne

Genre

Non Fiction

Age range(s)

Publisher

Hachette Children's Group

ISBN

9781526365514

Format

Hardback

Published

28-09-2023

Synopsis

Introduce young readers to the magical world of numbers with this fun, dinosaur-themed picture book!

Packed with amazing dinosaur facts and awe-inspiring numbers, Dinos Love Numbers looks at shapes, fractions, addition, subtraction, measurements and so much more. Wherever you go you will bump noses with numbers, rub shoulders with shapes or have a chance meeting with multiplication, and guess what: numbers are SUPER fun. Don't believe me? Try this for dinosaur-loving-size...

Which dino was as heavy as 10 elephants? (It's the Alamosaurus, of course!)
Who would win in a dino race? (A Velociraptor. Speedy!)
Which dinosaur is THREE TIMES the length of a great white shark? (A Megalodon. It was ENORMOUS!)

The perfect picture book for all maths-loving kids, dinosaur-loving kids and those kids who are not sure about numbers, Dinos Love Numbers has fun illustrations and is packed with super-cool prehistoric creatures to make maths fun for children aged 5+.

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Reviews

Dinos Love Numbers is a fantastic book for dinosaur lovers young and old. The bright, colourful illustrations will delight the youngest book lover while the facts will fascinate the older reader. This is clearly a book to foster the love of sharing a book.

A young dinosaur enthusiast will need to work with an adult to discover the facts and the enjoyment will come from the many discussions that this will lead on to. In school I can see that this will lead on to measuring dinosaur lengths with chalk in the playground, introducing comparison with seeing where you fit on the height chart; finding object which are shaped like dinosaur teeth or spines.

Giggles will come from the discussion on the topic of poo which will delight the intended audience! The carefully placed questions on each page allow discussions to start and encourage the use of the information that has been learnt on each page. This will lead to new knowledge, use of mathematical language and comprehension skill.

Our EYFS phase will enjoy looking at different sections of this book as they tackle the question of 'Why won't we see a dinosaur in the playground?' next term and our older dinosaur experts will love nothing more than learning additional facts to use when testing each other. Adam and Mike must have had a lot of fun researching for this book and have discovered a winning combination.

Picture book / Reviewed by Amanda Shipton, teacher