Snack Time Jam

Illustrated by Leticia Moreno
Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling!

An empowering board book that reveals the math in everyday play.


It’s snack time! Jesse taps a spoon, and Isabella shakes a snack box. Jamming is fun, but then it gets too noisy! The friends try taking turns to make patterns of sound. Can they jam together without creating chaos?

Storytelling Math celebrates children using math in their daily adventures as they play, build, and discover the world around them. Joyful stories and hands-on activities make it easy for kids and their grown-ups to explore everyday math together.
Andrea J. Loney is a teacher and the author of Double Bass Blues, which won a Caldecott Honor. Her many other children's books include Keep Trying (Don't Give Up!); Bunnybear; Take a Picture of Me, James Vanderzee!; and the Abby in Orbit series. Her work can also be found in the critically acclaimed children’s poetry anthology No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History.

Letícia Moreno is a comic artist and the illustrator of many picture books, including Pajammin', Where There Is Love, Just Like You, No More Sleeping In, and I Am an Antiracist Hero. In her artwork Letícia focuses on drawing cute, colorful, and fun Black characters who refuse stereotypes. tugeau2.com/leticia-moreno
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Celebrate diversity, math, and the power of storytelling!

An empowering board book that reveals the math in everyday play.


It’s snack time! Jesse taps a spoon, and Isabella shakes a snack box. Jamming is fun, but then it gets too noisy! The friends try taking turns to make patterns of sound. Can they jam together without creating chaos?

Storytelling Math celebrates children using math in their daily adventures as they play, build, and discover the world around them. Joyful stories and hands-on activities make it easy for kids and their grown-ups to explore everyday math together.

Author

Andrea J. Loney is a teacher and the author of Double Bass Blues, which won a Caldecott Honor. Her many other children's books include Keep Trying (Don't Give Up!); Bunnybear; Take a Picture of Me, James Vanderzee!; and the Abby in Orbit series. Her work can also be found in the critically acclaimed children’s poetry anthology No Voice Too Small: Fourteen Young Americans Making History.

Letícia Moreno is a comic artist and the illustrator of many picture books, including Pajammin', Where There Is Love, Just Like You, No More Sleeping In, and I Am an Antiracist Hero. In her artwork Letícia focuses on drawing cute, colorful, and fun Black characters who refuse stereotypes. tugeau2.com/leticia-moreno

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