Zero the Hero

By HOLUB, Joan

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ISBN
978-0-8050-9384-1
Publisher
Holt Christy Ottaviano Bks


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School Library Journal

Reviewed on February 1, 2012  |  Preschool to Grade 4

Gr 1–4—Zero believes in himself and thinks he's a superhero. But the other numbers look at him as a nothing and make fun of him. They overshadow and even misidentify him. They show him that in addition, subtraction, and division, they always "win" by being the answer to the math equation, but when Zero finds that he always prevails in multiplication, the other numbers become frightened and flee. He ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Magazine

Reviewed on February 1, 2012

Poor Zero. He's having a hard time proving himself as a superhero, what with the fact that he is not a counting number and can only live in the shadow of other numbers. He is such a nonentity that folks mistake him for a donut, the letter O, and even a Froot Loop. The rules of addition and subtraction render him useless, and no one wants to divide, let alone multiply, with him. Multiplying means obliteration of the other number and that means that Zero is ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

Horn Book Guide

Reviewed on January 1, 2012

Poor Zero is having a hard time proving himself as a superhero. Folks mistake him for a doughnut, and the rules of addit...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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