PRINCESSES OF BREAD
Author: She Shil Kim
Illustrator: Eun Hwa Jung
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Number of pages: 36
Publisher: TanTan Publishing 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
The Queen of Bread tries to teach her three daughters how to cook her famous bread. But the three princesses are busy with other things, and thy don’t want to learn how to bake bread. When the Queen of Bread falls ill, the princesses don’t know what to do! Can they learn to bake bread to save the kingdom and heal their mother? Readers will learn the importance of measuring in this whimsical story. Activities and questions will engage readers as they measure quantities and evaluate the information within the story. |
“The next day, the three Princesses of Bread went into the kitchen. The ten servants were preparing to make the bread. "How long should we make the baguette?" "Measure with a ruler and make them 12 inches each!" "How much milk should we use for the milk bread?" "Use a measuring cup to add 2 fluid ounces each!"”
Official review by MathsThroughStories.org:
She Shil Kim’s ‘Princesses of Bread’ 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 follows three princesses who, after their mother – The Queen of Bread – has fallen ill, find themselves having to quickly learn how to bake bread to keep generating income for their kingdom. Throughout the story, the princesses get to learn different measuring tools (ruler, measuring cup and scale) and different measurement units (inches, fluid ounces, and ounces). 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, ‘Princesses of Bread’ is a useful story to introduce the concept of measurement, particularly standard measurement units to children aged 7+ years old. (Disclaimer: We received a complimentary inspection copy of this book from the publisher/author)
Recommended age range:
7+ years old
Relevant mathematics topics:
Length & Distance; Mass, Volume & Capacity
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.
She Shil Kim’s ‘Princesses of Bread’ 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 follows three princesses who, after their mother – The Queen of Bread – has fallen ill, find themselves having to quickly learn how to bake bread to keep generating income for their kingdom. Throughout the story, the princesses get to learn different measuring tools (ruler, measuring cup and scale) and different measurement units (inches, fluid ounces, and ounces). 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, ‘Princesses of Bread’ is a useful story to introduce the concept of measurement, particularly standard measurement units to children aged 7+ years old. (Disclaimer: We received a complimentary inspection copy of this book from the publisher/author)
Recommended age range:
7+ years old
Relevant mathematics topics:
Length & Distance; Mass, Volume & Capacity
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.
