Written by David A. Adler
Illustrated by Edward Miller
Perimeter, Area and Volume: A Monster Book of Dimensions combines things kids love like monsters, movies and popcorn with words and concepts they don’t know: perimeter, area and volume. The movie “Monsters in the Neighborhood” is premiering. In the plot, a family of monsters is bothered by nosy neighbors and to solve their problem, they decide to build a fence. They have to measure the yard to know how much fence material to buy. Other movie and monster scenarios are used for measuring examples. But the tastiest example is using popcorn to demonstrate volume. The popcorn smell almost comes through the pages.
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