The book “ The history of counting” written by Denise Schmandt- Besserat is a picture book about the tracing of the evolution of counting. It shows how the idea of numbers were invented. The intended audience is 8 years old and up. ( )

This book is very interesting. This book not only talks about mathematics, but this book also talks about the history of numbers and counting. There are many different cultures that use numbers and counting way differently than we do and it is so interesting to learn about these things. ( )

This is a story on the history of counting, and how people all over the world use different methods to count. For example the Peiela of Papua New Guinea use “body counting” which is where different spots on their body correlate to certain numbers, for 16 they would point to their right ear. The method most people use today is “abstract counting” . This would be a great book to read to kids because not only does it tell the history of how we count but it shows kids there are many cultures that count differently. ( )

In this book, it gives r adders the history of counting and insight on how many different people count differently around the world. For example the Veddas of Sri Lanka could using only their body parts. Certain part s of the body corresponds to a certain number, the left eye is number thirteen. The highest number they can go up to is twenty-seven. I enjoyed reading this book because it gave me a new perspective on how people use math everyday. ( )

This book was wonderful! I learned so many things about the origins of numbers that I never knew. I guess I never really thought about where our concept of counting came from. I loved the way this book is organized and the illustrations explaining historical concepts that would otherwise be difficult to imagine. This book is going into my top children's books. I honestly couldn't recommend this book more both in a classroom setting and home setting. The fact that interested me the most was the body counting used by the Paiela in Papua New Guinea. Their highest number is twenty- eight and each part of the body represents a number. ( )