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BREAKFAST AROUND THE WORLD
​Author: Ye-Shil Kim  
​Illustrator: Hee-Joon Gahng

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Number of pages: 34
Publisher: big & SMALL Publishing (Australia)
First published in: Unknown
​Translated into English in: 2015
Format: Picturebook

Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? Yes
Is this story part of a mathematics story series? Yes (TanTan Math Story)

Preview and/or purchase this book on the Amazon websites: UK, USA, AUS, CAN
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Synopsis by the author/publisher
A baked potato, a fresh apple, burrito, bread, steamed rice, pizza ... breakfast is different all around the world. But one thing is common. It is sharing! Sharing involves fractions. Let's find out with families having breakfast around the world. 
“One breakfast is khleb, Khleb means bread in Russian. We all love traditional rye bread. We divide it into four equal parts. One quarter plus one quarter plus one quarter plus one quarter equals one whole.”
Official review by MathsThroughStories.org:
Ye-Shil Kim’s ‘Breakfast around the World’ is part of the world’s largest mathematical story picture book series, called TanTan Math Story (70+ titles). The English translation of this original South Korean version was done in 2015. Different kinds of breakfast had by different families in London, Mexico City, Moscow, Seoul, Rome and Cairo are shown, and they are shared by a different number of people within each family. For example, a family of two in London share jacket potato, a family of three in Mexico City share burrito, etc. The storyline (if any) is weak and somewhat uninspiring. At least, the diversity theme is valuable, and the page illustrations showing the different breakfasts being divided are useful for learning about fractions visually. Like most titles in this series, the book comes with a few mathematical word problems relating to the story to be solved at the end of the story. All in all, there are better story options than ‘Breakfast around the World’ that can be used to introduce the concept of fractions to children aged 5+ years old. 
 
​Recommended age range: 
5 years old + 

Relevant mathematics topics: 
Fraction

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Possible teaching activities:
At MathsThroughStories.org, we believe that stories can be meaningfully incorporated in mathematics teaching in different ways. Thus, we are inviting you to share your experience of how you have used this story in your mathematics lesson with other members of the community. By sharing your experience with us, you will be added to our team of On-line Contributors here, where you can also find our submission guideline.

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