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Pairs of People

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This book is beautifully illustrated and would make a great addition to any school or childrens library or any collection of books looking to diversify its representation. This is an important book about how working together can change the world for the better.

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I thought that this was a really lovely book and it was a fun read too!

My daughter is learning this at the moment at school so it was great to tie the book in with what she is actually learning so it was a great book for bedtime

The book was bright and colourful and the illustrations were great and really worked with the story

The book has a theme of helping others too so there is another angle to the book as well

It is 4 stars from me for this one – highly recommended and a different way to learn from some of the other books out there

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This was a bit different than the other children's books that I have been reviewing and reading lately on my blog. This one was a gorgeous way to teach your children maths skills. With adding and multiplication with the two times table. This book goes all the way up to 50 by doubling each page starting with two people. It also goes around the community and shows people working together, helping one another, and coming together to create amazing projects. Pairs of People are not only great as a learning educational tool, but it also shows the meaning of togetherness, sharing, and why it is important to be friends with one another, and caring is sharing and what can be achieved when you work in pairs or as a team. The other thing I loved about this book was that the illustrations by Laura Watson are beautifully done and used bright bold colors to make each page colorful, vibrant, and pop for the reader making Pairs of People an exciting and enjoyable book they would like to read or listen to be read to them. Pairs of People is perfect for children aged 4-8 years old.

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Co-authored by Jeanne and Mark K. Shriver.
Take two people working together for good, then 2 pairs, 3 pairs, and each time more and more gets done. Keep up the increasing pairs to become a group effort, a community effort, and with 50 pairs of people there is no limit to the good they can do!
Excellent!
The illustrations by Laura Watson are delightful, imaginative, and colorful.
Well suited for reading WITH someone of any age including ESL, and great for gifting to anyone, but especially to a school or public library!
I requested and received a free temporary e-book on Adobe Digital Editions from 4U2B Books & Media via NetGalley. Thank you!

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This is decidedly a teaching tool or "lesson" book instead of a literary or pleasure read, but it could be very effective when needed. The poem follows 12 pairs of people who work together to be kind and contribute to their community. The text sometimes sacrifices word choice and meter to make rhymes, but the story is full of positive ideas and good intent. The illustrations are bright, detailed, and inclusive. There's a little math lesson in multiplying the pairs of people and this would be a good conversation-starter about finding opportunities to serve.

Many thanks to the publisher and NetGalley for the opportunity to read and review!

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I am always on the lookout for good math books for children. Pairs of people wonderfully illustrates counting by 2s. Each pair is labeled in each picture. Young children can clearly see the number of pairs and the number of people. The book also emphasizes the importance of community and taking care of one another. I love that all the pairs of people are working and playing together. Some are doing a neighborhood cleanup, a book sale, and the end has a mention of the Best Buddies organization. Each page has a way to make a positive impact together.

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Pairs of People is a counting book that features, not surprisingly, pairs of children and adults. Pairs from 1 to 10 and more are shown in inclusive, bright, colorful and appealing illustrations.

Of note is that this is also a book about community and people helping one another. That makes this book a bit different from other counting books that I have seen. It offers kids a nice message in a fun way.

Many thanks to NetGalley and 4U2B Books and Media for this title. All opinions are my own.

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This is a fun and uplifting children’s book about counting and numbers, focused on the number two. While this work was about multiplication of numbers one through twelve by the number two, its message was much more than that.

There was a double spread for each page with art depicting pairs of people doing things. These actions all involved helping others in various ways, ranging from fundraisers for literacy to cleaning to volunteering. What a cool way to teach kids about different ways to give back to the community! The bottom of each page also had a little box where the pairs of people were shown as well as the following: “x pairs = y people; x times 2 = y.”

The illustrations were absolutely wonderful. People of all ages, ethnicities, and abilities were depicted throughout the work doing various activities – the diversity was fantastic. The colors were bright, and the style was eye-catching, making this work a joy to look at. I also loved that the illustrator chose to put each pair of people in the same-colored clothing, which helped in identifying the pairs of people on each page.

My only small qualm was that one of the pages was about “civic connection” as relating to voting for an election. I think this concept would probably need a bit of an explanation for the targeted age group of this book. Other than that, this work is perfect. I highly recommend it to anyone who has younger children in their life, especially if you want to teach them about giving back and compassion.

My thanks to NetGalley and 4U2B Books and Media for allowing me to review this work, which will be published on September 19th, 2022.. All thoughts and opinions expressed in this review are my own.

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I wasn't a big fan of the first book in this series, "10 Hidden Heroes", and this sequel is no different. In both cases, it's very clear that no one familiar with child development or math learning was consulted. At least this time we do have number correspondence - in the last book, sometimes each "hero" to count was actually a group of multiple people - but the new concept supposedly introduced here, multiplying by two, is presented just as confusingly. The pairs highlighted along the bottom of each page are labeled "one pair, "two pairs", "three pairs"... even though each box in fact only shows a single pair of people. This is not how you demonstrate counting pairs or multiplication!

Most of my other critiques from the previous book still hold true here: the rhyming feels forced, there's a bunch of text within the illustrations that often must be read to understand what's going on (e.g. "All proceeds benefit Anytown's Prison Literacy Program"), and several specific organizations are promoted by name and/or logo (Best Buddies, Save the Children, So Others Might Eat, Special Olympics). I do love the idea of these books - all of the activities depicted are great examples of community service and civic engagement, there's an important message about teamwork, and the search-and-find format is very appealing to young kids - but the execution just completely falls short.

All that said, the illustrations are at least bright and engaging, with diverse characters and busy scenes for kids to pore over. I was thrilled to see details like a wheelchair-accessible swing in the playground spread. As I said in my last review, I could maybe see using this book to prompt discussion by asking kids about what they notice, without reading the awkward text or confusing them with the lousy math lesson. But this definitely wouldn't be my first choice for exploring ways we can help our communities, and certainly not for introducing math concepts.

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A great way to work on multiplication while learning how important it is to work together!
My six year old enjoyed this and was so
Excited to learn!

Thank you Netgalley for the chance to “read now” in exchange for an honest review.

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This picture book tells the story of a variety of pairs of people who help others in their community. With each successive page there is an additional pair of people doing a new good deed such as helping reunite a lost dog with its owner or helping to set up an election voting station. More than just a nice book about kindness and generosity, it is also a skip counting book that relates the concept of pairs to counting by 2s and multiplying by 2s. This is a super neat book that I could definitely see in my classroom library. I would recommend this book to parents and teachers of children in the age 5-10 range. Thanks to netGalley and the publisher for giving me the opportunity to read and review this book!

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This is a nice book about helping one another -in pairs and then counting up by twos and many pairs to come: from family, to friends, to neighbors and more. The illustrations are colorful and attention getting..

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This book is a cute story of teamwork. The story uses math to show the impact of a community working together. The more people working together, the greater impact. I liked the way it shows the math equation and the pictures are colorful and engaging.

The end of the book has questions for open discussion and an activity page.

Thank you NetGalley and $U@B Books & Media for the opportunity to read and review this book.

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I loved “Pairs of People”! I was so excited to read it to my daughter.

I really enjoyed the educational aspects, teaching math concepts through pairs. The diversity was wonderful! It showed people from many different walks of life, including race, economic backgrounds, disability representation, and age.

The rhyming made the book easy to follow and my daughter loved looking at all the detail in the illustrations.

Highly recommend for anyone with elementary aged children!

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I like the great illustrations on each page. Each number has a new theme to go with it. I like that it helps a child learn multiplication. I like how the themes are different and on some pages unusual. I like how at the end, all the pairs of people are shown together.

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8/10
Pairs of People is a very cute book that introduces kids to multiplication. It has a lot of diverse characters and a big focus on community, which I loved.

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I think that the artwork was great, but as I was reading it, I was having a hard time imagining how I might use this with my students. Would I use it as part of a math lesson? Would I use it as part of a social-emotional group? I think the idea of combining a math book story with a social story makes it a bit difficult to use in a classroom - at least when it comes to my teaching style.

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an adorable book for kid to learn about pairs in a fun and simple way, the illustrations are very pretty !

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I read this book twice 2856 and a seven year old in before the end of the second go around the five and seven-year-old glass the concept of multiplication. The six year old kept telling me it was summer and he wanted to go outside lol! This book was so easy and hear things that kids can relate to from shoveling snow to other outdoor activities. This was such a great idea for a book and I am so glad it’s out there learning should’ve been this fun when I was a child. I received this book from NetGalley and the Authors’s and I’m leaving this review voluntarily please forgive any mistakes as I am blind and dictate my review but all opinions are definitely my own.

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It rhymes!!! My kids LOVE rhyming books- so when we read it together a couple of times they were already memorizing it! It’s a clever way to introduce kids to multiplications

The illustrations are bright and colourful which keeps the kids attention. Only thing I didn’t like was how much it talked about being part of the community and always giving, giving and giving when some kids may not have the luxury of giving so much of their time. The overall working together aspect of the book is good- a very cute book.

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