This book claims to have proof, from a Utah study, that it helps kids learn times tables faster--specifically kids who are visually oriented or have some sort of learning issue. Some of the book is cute, and the chapter on 9s offers exactly the tip it should. But the stories for remembering some of the other parts of the times table seem pretty ridiculous. Perhaps the kids in the study found them so hard to remember they decided learning the times table the old fashioned way wasn't so bad after all! Kudos to the author for pointing out that you really only have to learn half the times table--since 4x8 = 8x4, etc. ( )