Topic: Venn Diagrams
Interest Level: Grades 1-3
Thea has one goal: to be a clever and daring detective like Sofia Sharp, the hero of her favorite books. So when the fish bowl goes missing during math class, Thea can’t wait to tackle her first case!
Topic: Venn Diagrams
Interest Level: Grades 1-3
Thea has one goal: to be a clever and daring detective like Sofia Sharp, the hero of her favorite books. So when the fish bowl goes missing during math class, Thea can’t wait to tackle her first case!
Fantastic book for teaching Venn diagrams, but kids will love it, too! Very well done! Highly recommended.
A Fishy Mystery is one of the very few mathematical stories in the market right now that explicitly and cleverly demonstrate the awesomeness of Venn diagrams. The story line is engaging. Illustrations by Cary Pillo are mathematically correct, and just great in general. Diversity of characters in the story is abundant. Specifically, we are pleased to see a female ethnic leading character. All in all, we LOVE it!
Third-grade students stayed highly engaged while listening to A Fishy Mystery, and the story sparked many responses. The application of a Venn diagram to solve a mystery, as a process of elimination, was quite clever. We will use this book again.
Highly recommended.
