Bean Thirteen by Matthew McElligott; Illustrated by matthew mcelligott
	List Price:   $15.99 Unit Price:   $12.79 You Save:   $3.20 (20%) ISBN-10:   0399245359 ISBN-13:   9780399245350 Publisher:   Penguin Group (USA) Inc Category:   Picture Books, Apples - Zucchini Pub. Date:   May 2007 Pages:   32 Format:   Hardcover; With dust jacket Ages:   3 to 8 Grades:   ps to 3
Awards
2007  Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books  Winner!
Subjects
CHILDREN'S FICTION
Description/Notes
Ralph warns Flora not to pick that thirteenth bean. Everyone knows it?s unlucky! Now that they?re stuck with it, how can they make it disappear? If they each eat half the beans, there?s still one left over. And if they invite a friend over, they each eat four beans, but there?s still one left over! And four friends could each eat three beans, but there?s still one left over!HOW WILL THEY ESCAPE THE CURSE OF BEAN THIRTEEN?!A funny story about beans, that may secretly be about . . . math! Sometimes you can divide, but you just can?t conquer (the bean thirteen, that is). Two bugs, Ralph and Flora, try to divide thirteen beans so that the unlucky thirteenth bean disappears, but they soon discover that the math is not so easy.