Overview
Join Mable Mathis as she plays a multiplayer online math game with her friends from around the globe: Angus from Australia, Sadia from Pakistan, Hyejin from South Korea, and Norma from El Salvador. Their goal is to defeat the math monsters' order-of-operations problem. Mable discovers that the acronym ""Please Excuse My Dear Aunt Sally"" is not a universal concept. Angus uses BIDMAS, Sadia uses BODMAS, Hyejin uses 사칙연산 순서, which means ""follow the order of operations"", and Norma uses PEMDAS. Through her search for Aunt Sally, she realizes that mathematics can be correct even when taught differently, because math is a universal language - no matter where you are in the world.
Full Product Details
Author: Amanda Gantt Sawyer ,
Chelsey Bahlmann Bollinger
Publisher: Mable Mathis Mysteries
Imprint: Mable Mathis Mysteries
Dimensions:
Width: 21.60cm
, Height: 0.60cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.336kg
ISBN: 9798993687209
Pages: 44
Publication Date: 31 January 2026
Recommended Age: From 6 to 12 years
Audience:
Children/juvenile
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Children / Juvenile
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
Children's literature and mathematics make a wonderful pairing because students who enjoy reading but are less confident in mathematics can find the content more approachable when it is couched in a story. Conversely, students who enjoy mathematics but are reluctant readers can be hooked by a story that is about a subject they like. This book series has the added element of offering a global perspective on the mathematics topic. One of the great things about reading is that it can transport us to places we might not otherwise be able to go-to learn about people, places, cultures, and activities that are new to us. Adding a global component to children's literature books about mathematics provides another way for students to connect to this content. Realizing that not everyone around the world does mathematics in the same way even though mathematics is often described as a ""universal language"" gives readers a different way to approach the topic and can extend their thinking to figure out what the two approaches have in common and where they differ. Dr. Denise Spangler, Dean of the Mary Frances Early College of Education, University of Georgia
Author Information
Dr. Amanda Gantt Sawyer is an associate professor of mathematics education at James Madison University in the Middle, Secondary, and Mathematics Education Department. She earned a doctoral degree in mathematics education from the University of Georgia, a master's degree in applied mathematics, and a master's in elementary education from the University of South Carolina. Her research focuses on how to support effective mathematics instruction by selecting, critiquing, and adapting educational resources, utilizing an understanding of mathematical content and pedagogical methods from a global perspective. Dr. Chelsey M. Bahlmann Bollinger is an associate professor in the Early, Elementary, and Literacy Education Department at James Madison University. She received her bachelor's degree in elementary education from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, her masters in language and literacy education from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, and her Ph.D. in language and literacy education from the University of Georgia. Dr. Bollinger began her teaching career as a first-grade teacher in Rocky Point, North Carolina, then moved to Bluffton, South Carolina, where she taught third grade. Her research focuses on early and elementary literacy education, technology integration, professional learning with teachers, and children's literature.
