UNO'S GARDEN
Author: Graeme Base
Illustrator: Graeme Base
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Number of pages: 44
Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers (USA) First published in: 2006 Format: Picturebook Is the mathematical focus explicit in the story? No Is this story part of a mathematics story series? No Click here to preview and/or purchase this book via the Amazon (UK) website Synopsis by the author/publisher
Uno's Garden is a picture book written and illustrated by Australian children's author Graeme Base. The story features themes of environmental degradation, conservation of nature and habitat, and extinction. It also features arithmetic, and at the back of the book there are instructions for several number games relating to the book. It also contains a game in the book where you have to find an amount of plants, animals, buildings and sometimes one snortelpig. All of the animals and plants featured in the book were invented by the author. Some of the animals included are the snortlepig, moopaloop, lumpybum, and frinklepod. The human voice of the story is that of the aptly named Uno, the first man to move into the forest. The story continues as other people follow Uno in moving into the forest, and as the number of people and buildings increase, the number of plants and animals decrease. |
“The city grew bigger and bigger and the forest grew smaller and smaller. Some workers came across two Pointy Pricklebacks. They had never seen anything like them.”
Recommended age range:
6 years old +
Relevant topics:
Addition & Subtraction; Counting forwards to and backwards from 10/20; Multiplication; Number sequences
Possible teaching activities:
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6 years old +
Relevant topics:
Addition & Subtraction; Counting forwards to and backwards from 10/20; Multiplication; Number sequences
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.
