When Tameka visits her elderly aunt,
birthday gift in hand, quirky Aunt Erma puts her to work. As she hangs an old
photo Tameka discovers that the women in the picture are 1940’s-era human
computers at Langley Jet Propulsion Lab and that her auntie was one of them!
She has lots of questions, but Aunt Erma’s price for answers is one math
problem each. Tameka keeps up, but the problems get more complex with each
question. Remembering the gift, Tameka convinces her auntie to open it. The
contents make them both laugh and realize that they’ve learned something about
each other.
Purchase Links
UK – https://www.amazon.co.uk/Erma-Does-Math-Ann-Strawn/dp/0578742691
US - https://www.amazon.com/Erma-Does-Math-Ann-Strawn/dp/0578742691
My Review
Erma Does the Math is a delightful children's book with lovely illustrations. It's also wonderfully educational, but in a way that will appeal to young readers (even if the math may be a bit hard for them at first). There isn't just math to learn within the pages. There's also some history too.
I found the "conversation" (aka the story) between Erma and Tameka to be enlightening and fun. It was interesting to see both metric and imperial measurements used, too. Grams/cups, Celsius/Fahrenheit, meters/feet, etc. It will definitely teach young readers some new, interesting things, that's for sure.
I rather enjoyed this story, and I like how it was both entertaining and educational. I would definitely recommend this to parents of young readers, and even older readers, because you're never too old to keep learning.
5 stars!
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