I absolutely loved this book, even as an adult. I think its so interesting to see how we compare to animals. The back of the book also has all of the math to share with students on how they found these calculations. ( )

This story is a great way to explain proportions and ratios to the students. I know they'll enjoy and learn from this story as I did about humans sharing some characteristics as animals. This story compares humans to animals like how far we can jump like a frog, how much we could swallow, and how wide we can open our mouth like a snake, etc. I love how the author explains different types of comparisons through math. The students will be amazed at what animals can accomplish compared to humans. ( )

This is a short, simple picture book that I think would be good for a great laugh or a quick science lesson. The reader of this book mentioned that she used it for a lesson on proportions and I think that is also a great use for this book. I think students would enjoy this as a silly book thinking about being another animal. My favorite thing about this book is that it can be a fun book to read or have a deeper meaning teaching about animals. The author does a great job at putting the animals abilities into perspective a child can understand. The book does have a consistent "if, then" structure that I think work really well for this book. ( )

The narrator begins by sharing that he wonders what it would be like to be able to hop like a frog or swallow like a snake. He sees that a frog can hop 20 times higher than its own height, and then, he realizes that he could figure out exactly how high he would be able to jump if he could hop like a frog with a little bit of math. He uses his math skills to satiate his curiosity and astonish his friends and family with cool facts. He goes on to think all of the other interesting things he can find out using simple math. This book would be a perfect segue into a math unit on proportions. It is an engaging option for getting students interested in the topic before reading. It is a fun, creative story filled with things many kids find interesting, and the character's curiosity would be relatable to many students. For older students, a project based on the book could even be assigned, where students come up with their own proportions to figure out other fun facts about the things that they personally find interesting. This cute story is a great way to make what is typically thought of as a boring math lesson more engaging. ( )

This famous book by David Schwartz is awesome!! It shows you amazing powers of different animals by translating them into human experiences. For example, if you could be strong as an ant, you could lift a car, or if you could jump like a flee, you could jump on top of the statue of liberty! I am a fan of this book, and will definitely, read it to my first graders! ( )