We Are One: How the World Adds Up by Linda Yan, Susan Hood
Published by Candlewick Press on October 26, 2021
ISBN: 9781536201147
Pages: 32
Genres: Non-Fiction
Format: Picture Book Nonfiction
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This book is a billed as a “mind-expanding look at early math concepts like part/whole relationships, fractions, and addition.” I’d describe it as a thinking person’s counting book. This rhyming book provides examples as varied as three lines craft a haiku to the five acts of Shakespeare’s plays to the nine innings in baseball. At the heart of the narrative is the idea that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Factual tidbits are added at the bottom of each page that enlist more food for thought. Diverse and thought provoking ending with concept that all on this earth are one! Best to share this book one-on-one with a child, reinforcing the concepts that best suit the age and interests. Sources and additional information is at the back.

Reviewed by Barb Rehmeyer, Liberty Library