Where is it?

By Bobbie Kalman

Published by Crabtree Publishing Company, 2008
Series: Looking at Nature

This is a book in the "Looking at nature" series by Bobbie Kalman that introduces children to concepts such as position, size, shape, patterns and colour through examples in nature.

This is a book to share with young children and it could be used to teach about position, location and direction in a maths lesson. The large colour photographs of a range of animals are clear and varied and include kittens, monkeys and elephants. The text asks the children lots of questions about the photographs, mainly about the location and position of the animals in their surroundings. There are also a few open ended questions that call on the children to express their own ideas.

If you are on the lookout for maths books at the junior primary level that have position and location vocabulary, this book fills a gap.

Other books in the series with a maths interest include "Is it big or small?", "What colour is it?", What shape is it?", "What comes next?", and "What time is it?".

Reviewed by Heather