This rhyming tale takes a girl's fear of times tables and turns it into a national emergency. Numbers start flying out of her head and attacking the school. Not much substance here, just a lot of running around.

My biggest problem with it is that the problem that sets the panic in motion is seven times ten, which any kid will tell you is one of the easier multiplication problems. Now, eight times eight or six times seven, I'd understand. But ten times tables are the easiest. ( )

Very cool book! This story engaged me immediately. When I read the first few pages, I was so confused that a little girl was attacking the setting with numbers. It was great. By the end, she realized the only way the numbers stopped attacking people and places she was in is if she figured out the problem 7 x 10 = 70. It was all pleasant and fun until the last page when her teacher asks her what 11 x 9 is, and the attack began again. This is such an entertaining, funny, humourous book for children. ( )

I like this book because it deals with math, and it'll teach a lesson to children who struggle with multiplication. In this book, the young girl is being called on to solve 7 times 10. However, she doesn't know the answer, so her brain starts to scramble full of numbers. The numbers that come out her head attacks people when she tries to solve the equation. In the end, she kept thinking, and the answer finally came to her, which is 70. The next day she solved a new equation. This book will help students understand that they need to practice and think about their multiplication. ( )

This story is about a student who has major math anxiety. This book tells the story of when a math teacher asked what the answer to 7 x 10 and the student suddenly felt overwhelmed. She ends up creating a mass anxiety in her head and then when she finally solves the problem, the teacher asks what is 9x11? This story brings into the light, the anxiety some students face when solving problems. This is such a fun story to read to students. ( )

While I enjoyed reading this book, I found that it might lead to further math anxiety. The story follows a student who is suddenly overwhelmed by a multiplication problem - which gets attention from the school, the head of the school, and even the local police. At the end of the story, once the student is able to confront their "fears" of 7x10, they then encounter 9x11. I understand the purpose of this book is to tell an entertaining story, which it does, but it reads as if in the imagination of a child learning math that is overwhelmed. I think it could lead to greater anxiety if not approached in the right way. ( )