| The Great Graph Contest Contributor(s): Leedy, Loreen (Author) |
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ISBN: 0823420299 ISBN-13: 9780823420292 Publisher: Holiday House OUR PRICE: $8.09 Product Type: Paperback Published: September 2006 Annotation: Two comical creatures go crazy with graphs in an imaginative look at organizing information. Kids can learn all about bar graphs, pie charts, Venn diagrams, and more as a lizard and a frog explain each step of each graph. Full color. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Technology - General |
| Dewey: E |
| Lexile Measure: 460 |
| Physical Information: 0.14" H x 10.72" W x 9.28" (0.38 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Learn everything about graphs, charts, and how to organize information in this fun picture book introduction. Follow two comical creatures as they go graph-crazy Gonk the frog and his friend Chester have all kinds of questions-- do more of their friends like mud, or not? Who has the biggest feet? What color butterfly is most common? In order to answer these questions, the two friends make all kinds of charts-- and so can you This funny look at graphs and charts introduces several major ways of organizing information-- bar graphs, pie charts, Venn diagrams, and more. With concrete, easy-to-understand examples and bright, cartoonish illustrations, The Great Graph Contest is a kid-friendly introduction to the basics of data visualization that will have you itching to make your own graphs An author's note expands on the different kinds of charts pictured in the story, and instructions on making your own graphs and charts are included. |
Contributor Bio(s): Leedy, Loreen: - Loreen Leedy's inventive picture books have made her a recognized name in nonfiction. She is the author of numerous math titles including, "Subtraction Action," "Mission: Addition," and "Fraction Action." Her collaboration with Pat Street, "There's a Frog in My Throat!," "440 Animals Sayings a Little Bird Told Me," was in ALA Notable Children's Book and a "Booklist" Editor's Choice. She lives in Florida. Her website is www.loreenleedy.com. |