Math Attack! by Joan Hortna

Hortna, Joan Math Attack! Pictures by Kyrsten Brooker. Melanie Kroupa (Farrar), 2009. A young girl is asked one too many multiplication problems and numbers burst from her brain – going on to cause problems all over town – until the young lady and clear her mind and reign all of the errant numbers in. While I really like the idea behind this book – because who didn’t have a hard time learning the times tables when they were little – BUT, why did the little girl get stuck on “seven times ten”? Everyone learns the tens so very quickly – nothing is easier except for maybe the 11’s. SO, I found that to be a major flaw in the book, making this really only useful for reading at home, not so much at school. EL – OPTIONAL. Cindy, Library-Teacher.