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ERIC THE RED
Author: Caroline Glicksman
​Illustrator: Caroline Glicksman

Number of pages: 26
Publisher: Random House (USA)
First published in: 2003
Format: Picturebook

Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? No
Is this story part of a mathematics story series? No
 
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Synopsis by the author/publisher
Eric is a bear who is very clever with numbers. He can tell which bear is growing the fastest, he can solve maths problems without a calculator, but most importantly, it's his job to make up a new set of numbers for the safe at the Big Bear Bank each day. But when a pair of unruly polar bears try to rob the bank safe one day, Eric is so stunned he can't even remember the two times table. Luckily, his new friend Erica is good at maths, too, and jams the mean polar bears in the safe just in time.

“Eric likes counting things on his way to work. This morning he saw: two yellow lorries, four bear fishing, six red cars, eight boats on the river, ten flags flying, and a number 12 bus.”

Recommended age range: 
5 years old + 

Relevant topics: 
Skip counting

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