One Odd Day by: Doris Fisher and Dani Sneed

Genre: Picture Book
Publisher: Sylvan Dell Publishing
Copyright Date: 2006
Number of Pages: 32
Reading Level: 4-8

Summary: One day a boy got up and everything was odd. Literally. The clock only showed odd numbers.He only found one of his shoes and socks. He put on a new shirt and it had three sleeves. He went down for breakfast to find his mom burning eggs and toast on a charcole grill in the kitchen. Also, his dog had five legs, and a tail that looksed like it belonged to a dragon. His mom handed him a bucket of fish for lunch and told him to grab 7 bananas from the banana tree in their living room! He got to his bus to find that it was polka dotted.
When he got to the school he saw that the calendar had only odd days of the month. In class he learned about even and odd numbers from his teacher who had five arms with an odd number of fingers on each arm. At recess there were ninjas and flamingos and monkeys and castles and space ships... Very odd things. When he got home he wanted to go to bed early hoping that the next day wouldn't be quite so odd. When he woke up the next morning everything was right again! His dog had four legs, he found both of his shoes... But when his mom walked in one of his six bedroom doors... she had two heads!

Who would benefit from reading this book?/Would would you recommend this book to?
I would recommend this book to a teacher teaching the even and odd concept. It got the Teachers' Choice Award from the Learning Magazine for its educational value. It does a great job in teaching odd numbers. It would benefit any child that is struggling in learning odd and even numbers.

What problems/conflicts would this book potentially cause?
I don't think this book could cause any problems.

My Reaction:
I thought this was a really cute book. The illustrations are really cute and they portray not only an odd day (numbers) but and odd day... like the dog having a dragon tail and his bus being purple with pink polka dots. I would definately read this book to my kids when we talk about math. It is silly but educational.