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Murphy, Stuart J.

Captain Invincible and the Space Shapes

40 pp. | HarperCollins | September, 2001 | Trade ISBN 0-06-028022-0 $$15.95 | Library ISBN 0-06-028023-9 $$15.89 | Paper ISBN 0-06-446731-7 $$4.95
(4) K-3 MathStart series. Illustrated by Remy Simard. In the middle of the night, Sam pretends to be Captain Invincible guiding his spaceship through many galactic dangers by pressing control-panel buttons shaped like geometric solids. The story's comic-book format and bold illustrations will draw in young readers, but its math tie-in (names of three-dimensional shapes) is too heavy-handed. Follow-up activities are included.
Reviewer: Tanya D. Auger

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