G Is for Googol: A Math Alphabet Book

At her Montessori preschool, my daughter loved only math "work," mastering the binomial and trinomial cubes early on. At 5, as we began homeschooling, her reading level exploded and she fell in love with words. Unlike "hands-on" math, she had no interest in arithmetic or pages of problems. She's a highly gifted, visual-spatial learner who also reads rapidly and at a high level. Now, at 8, I present her with "literary math," books with mathematical concepts and lots of words and pictures. This book is one of the best examples of that genre. When I handed it to my daughter, she eagerly began flipping through the pages, then scanned the table of contents. "V is for Venn diagram!" she said happily. "I LOVE Venn diagrams!" She read everything about them and studied the amusing pictures in detail. Then she began to describe aspects of her life to us in Venn diagrams. So it has gone with the rest of this book, which I highly recommend.

This book was a hit with my son. He is 5 and we have been reading him an entry each night. The next day he incorporates the new concepts into his play and often sits and writes down some of the stuff that he learned. He loves math and this was just perfect for him. He is now obsessed with learning all of the names of large numbers and how many zeroes they have behind them. Luckily there is a wiki on that :)

I adore this book and I hate math... go figure. I would recommend this to children who are having a bit of a hard time finding math fun. It is loaded with information as well and is fun for those who already love math.

So many math words and fun facts. The concepts are explained clearly, without talking down to the reader. The illustrations are cute and entertaining. This book is interesting enough to peruse and can serve as a math reference for kids and adults alike.

I bought this for my Kindergarten aged nephews. I LOVE this book, and honestly think its a main reason I am a scientist now. The things I read in G is Googol have stayed with me in to adulthood. So happy to have my autographed copy from 5th grade!

My children LOVE this book and came to me saying all kinds of things I didn't know since they read it before me! I think it's a great book to inspire math in young learners!

Great! Used this a lot teaching my fifth grade math classes.

Excellent for middle schoolers as well as adults interested in math and science facts spelled out in a simple manner. Fun because it has 26 diverse subjects with interesting art and well written text.