By Brenda Williams (author)
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This delightful twist on a traditional nursery story will make counting great fun for any toddler. In this mathemagical tale you’ll get to meet 1 butler, 2 footmen, 3 maids, 4 horses, 5 grooms, 6 dogs, 7 gardeners, 8 chimney sweeps, 9 cooks and 10 soldiers but you’ll also get to hear about 3 bags of gold with 180 gold coins, 6 mattresses with 7 feather beds, 5 golden peas and one princess, but does she pass the test of being a ‘real’ princess? Of course it all ends happily and at the end toddlers can test their counting skills with 9 simple mathematical questions that make learning fun.
Features three princess, four horses, five dogs, six grooms, seven gardeners and various kinds of chances for young mathematicians to put their adding and subtracting to the test. This book introduces basic addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, and includes a 'Test Your Maths Skills' section.
Brenda Williams is a contributor to many well-known children’s poetry anthologies, and writes poems, action rhymes, short stories, and articles for early years magazines and books. She recently completed an A.B.C. frieze, with activities to support The National Literacy Hour Reception / Foundation stage, for ‘Practical Pre-school’ and she is the author of several teacher’s resource books.
Brenda is a former teacher and early years specialist. She is married with five grandchildren, and loves walking with her big friendly black Labrador over the Wiltshire downs.
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The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed The Real Princess: A Mathemagical Tale and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
The Real Princess: A Mathemagical Tale features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Recommendations, Featured Books for 5+ readers
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The Real Princess: A Mathemagical Tale was written by Brenda Williams and published by Barefoot Books Ltd
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