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32 pp.
| Raintree |
August, 2007 |
LibraryISBN 978-1-4109-2843-6$28.21
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4-6Fusion series.
This book uses an African safari as a framing device to teach data collection and organization ("Today, you will count the cats [lions] in one area...You make a table to help keep count"). Though the information can be scattered and confusing, the high-interest approach may draw in reluctant readers. Many photographs, along with examples of charts, graphs, and tables, illustrate the text. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.