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CATS ADD UP!​
​Author: Dianne Ochiltree
​Illustrator: Marcy Dunn-Ramsey

Number of pages: 31
Publisher: Scholastic (USA)
First published in: 1998
Format: Picturebook

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

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Synopsis by the author/publisher
A family with one cat keeps adding more until they give some of the cats away. ​

“But one day a stray cat hops into my backpack. Cat Fish has long whiskers that bounce up and down on the bus ride home. One stray cat and two old cats and five kittens and our cat Maxie add up to nine.”

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​Recommended age range: 
5 years old + 

Relevant mathematics topics: 
Addition & Subtraction
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