Jill Anderson - Measuring with Sebastian Pig and Friends on a Road Trip

Sebastian Pig and his friends are having contests. Who will measure up? To Parents and Teachers: As you read Sebastians story with a child,

• Rely on the pictures to see the math visually represented.
• Use Sebastians notebook, which summarizes the math at hand.
• Practice math facts with your child using the examples on page 30.

Young readers will enjoy discovering math with Sebastian the Pig and his friends. This book is great for those just learning to read! This book will motivate your child to consider various measurements. About the Author Jill Anderson has been an editor of books big and small for nearly twenty years.

The Sebastian Pig books are her first series of books written for Enslow Publishers, Inc. About the Illustrator Amy Huntington has been illustrating picture books for almost ten years.

centimetera unit to measure length that is a little less than half an inch long; a centimeter is from a system of measuring called the metric system. foota unit of measure. Twelve inches equal one foot. incha unit of measure.

One inch is 1/12 of a foot. ouncea unit to measure weight, often used for food; 16 ounces equal one pound. yarda unit of measure. Thirty-six inches equal a yard.

Hirschmann, Kris. The Dog: Is a Paw a Foot? New York: Scholastic, 2005.

Murphy, Patricia J. Measuring Puppies and Kittens. Berkeley Heights, NJ: Enslow, 2008.

Cool Math http://www.Coolmath4kids.com KidPort http://www.kidport.com centimeters, 13 feet, 19, 27 inches, 10, 13, 23 ounces, 16 pounds, 14, 16 yards, 21, 24, 27 About This Electronic Book:
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No part of this book may be reproduced by any means without the written permission of the publisher. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Anderson, Jill, 1968
Measuring with Sebastian pig and friends : on a road trip / written by Jill Anderson ; illustrated by Amy Huntington.
p. cm. (Math fun with Sebastian pig and friends!)
Includes index.
Summary: "A fun and simple review of different ways to measure for beginning readers"Provided by publisher.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7660-3362-7
ISBN-10: 0-7660-3362-7
1. MeasurementJuvenile literature. I.

Title.
QA465.A63 2009
516.15dc22 2008028472 Future Editions:
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