PRINCESS STAR
Author: Ah-hae Yun
Illustrator: Mia Shim
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Number of pages: 30
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 Synopsis by the author/publisher
This title features fun illustrations and an amusing story about a princess who wants to replace numbers with stars. The book teaches children about the use of numbers in everyday life. |
“Princess Star likes stars. She draws stars every day. "It's time to study numbers," says her teacher. The princess frowns. "I hate numbers. I will change all numbers into beautiful stars!"”
Official review by MathsThroughStories.org:
Ah-hae Yun’s ‘Princess Star’ 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. The story is about a young princess who prefers stars to numbers. Problems arise when she starts replacing all the numbers around her with stars. Can she survive a day without numbers? The story does a good job in showing to very young children why numbers can be useful to our everyday lives. 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, ‘Princess Star’ is a lovely story to introduce the fact that mathematics is all around us to children aged 4+ years old.
Recommended age range:
4 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Mathematics all around us
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.
Ah-hae Yun’s ‘Princess Star’ 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. The story is about a young princess who prefers stars to numbers. Problems arise when she starts replacing all the numbers around her with stars. Can she survive a day without numbers? The story does a good job in showing to very young children why numbers can be useful to our everyday lives. 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, ‘Princess Star’ is a lovely story to introduce the fact that mathematics is all around us to children aged 4+ years old.
Recommended age range:
4 years old +
Relevant mathematics topics:
Mathematics all around us
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.
