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    Peg + Cat: The Lemonade Problem | Book Review

    Denise MealyBy Denise Mealy3 Mins Read Ages 4-8 Books with Girl Characters Picture Books
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    The Children’s Book Review | August 17, 2016

    Peg + Cat- The Lemonade ProblemPeg + Cat: The Lemonade Problem

    Written by Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson

    Age Range: 4 and up

    Hardback: 31 pages

    Publisher: Candlewick Entertainment (2017)

    ISBN: 978-0-7636-9436-4

    What to expect: Math, animals, friendship, PBS characters

    Peg + Cat is an enormously popular show on PBS, featuring a fun orange-haired girl named Peg and her helpful, math-savvy cat named Cat. Together they solve their world’s problems with a dose of fun, and a lot of brain-building math activities. In THE LEMONADE PROBLEM, Peg and her cat learn that lemonade stands can be fun, but they require some nifty problem-solving skills.

    Peg decides to have a lemonade stand, and her price for a cup of lemonade is ten marbles. At first she has a problem attracting customers, so she lowers her price. Eventually she lowers the price enough to bring in the local teens for a deliciously refreshing cup, but there’s one problem: she’s all out of cups! Cat goes on a silly adventure to trade around cookies to finally get enough cups. But can he master the concept of greater than and less than and return with the right amount of cups before rain clouds spell disaster and ruin their lemonade stand?

    This is an excellent book for preschoolers, kindergartners and early elementary school children. The mathematical concepts are woven in to the story easily, and children won’t even realize they’re helping solve Peg’s math problem. What I found most exciting about the book were the illustrations. Just like in the show, Peg and Cat live in a graph-paper world where outlines of erased formulas float in the background. Even the blue clouds in the sky are made of infinity symbols! Another cute feature are the page numbers. Instead of regular page numbers, each number is a math equation that produces the page number as an answer. It’s absolutely delightful!

    This sweet duo will capture the hearts of small children with their silly antics and colorful world.

    Highly recommended.

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    About the Authors

    Peg + Cat is the Emmy Award–winning animated TV series created by Jennifer Oxley and Billy Aronson and produced by The Fred Rogers Company. It was named best new preschool series at the 2015 Kidscreen Awards.

    Peg + Cat: The Lemonade Problem was reviewed by Denise Mealy. Discover more books like Peg + Cat: The Lemonade Problem by following along with our reviews and articles tagged with Animals, Billy Aronson, Cats, Friendship, Jennifer Oxley, and Picture Book.

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    Denise Mealy is a former web content provider who stays at home to change diapers and write books. Her days are filled with Word documents, books and sloppy kisses (from dogs and baby alike). She likes to read, cook, dance, travel and forward pictures of spam sculptures to friends. If she could have dinner with any author, dead or alive, it would be a toss up between J.K. Rowling and Jane Austen. They would probably eat pasta. Yes, definitely pasta. For more information, visit: www.dccmealy.com You can also find her on Twitter: @dccmealy

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