{"id":8152813011181,"title":"Sir Cumference and the 100 Percent Goose Chase","handle":"sir-cumference-and-the-100-percent-goose-chase","description":"\u003ch6\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/h6\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca title=\"Cindy Neuschwander\" href=\"http:\/\/charlesbridge.myshopify.com\/pages\/cindy-neuschwander\"\u003eCindy Neuschwander\u003c\/a\u003e \/ Illustrated by: \u003ca title=\"Illustrator Wayne Geehan\" href=\"http:\/\/charlesbridge.myshopify.com\/pages\/wayne-geehan\"\u003eWayne Geehan\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eMedieval math favorite Sir Cumference series is back! 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When he isn't painting in his Massachusetts studio, he enjoys being with his family, reading, and researching his family's genealogy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca title=\"Illustrator Wayne Geehan\" href=\"http:\/\/charlesbridge.myshopify.com\/pages\/wayne-geehan\"\u003eRead more \u003c\/a\u003eabout Wayne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - ENTER AWARDS \u0026 HONORS BELOW - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAwards \u0026amp; Honors\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eComing soon!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eChildren's Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNeuschwander and Geehan present yet another zany Middle Ages math quest book for elementary grade readers, this time focusing on percentages. 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Sir Cumference and the 100 Percent Goose Chase


By: Cindy Neuschwander / Illustrated by: Wayne Geehan

Medieval math favorite Sir Cumference series is back! Lady Di of Ameter and Percilla Centwell figure out parts of a whole in this fun percent introduction.

Percilla Centwell and Lady Di are off to Gaggleston-on-Green to deliver Percilla's flock of one hundred geese to the townspeople who ordered them. When some of the geese go missing on the way, Percilla and Lady Di must figure out a way to make sure all of the customers still get their fair share of the flock. 

In this latest medieval math adventure, readers learn about finding percents as part of a whole by using fractions. The endnote includes step-by-step instructions for calculating percentages.

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Cindy Neuschwander, author

Cindy Neuschwander is a retired elementary school teacher who was inspired to write the Sir Cumference series while visiting medieval castles in England. She now works part-time as a math remediation teacher and in the teacher-training program at California Polytechnic State University. Cindy lives in San Luis Obispo, California.

Read more about Cindy.


Wayne Geehan, illustrator

Wayne Geehan, a graduate of the Art Institute of Boston, has been illustrating books, board games, and jigsaw puzzles for over 20 years. When he isn't painting in his Massachusetts studio, he enjoys being with his family, reading, and researching his family's genealogy.

Read more about Wayne.

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Neuschwander and Geehan present yet another zany Middle Ages math quest book for elementary grade readers, this time focusing on percentages. With a cute play on words, Neuschwander’s limited omniscient point of view depicts Percilla Centwell’s (of PerCent geese sellers) dilemma. Percilla must divide her geese/feathers to be sold to various merchants and individuals. Lady Di is to accompany her on her journey, which of course is riddled with various challenges as they attempt to manage one hundred geese. Readers will be amused as the story unfolds and wonder how the ladies will ever be able to deliver the proper percentage of geese/feathers. Geehan’s vivid realistic, textured paintings bring the fun story to life. Math plays a prominent role as the calculations are made, leaving all the characters satisfied. Neuschwander concludes with a page further explaining percentages as fractions and how that is written mathematically. While being engaged in a fun story, this series will help young readers to understand important math skills.

Hardcover
ISBN: 978-1-62354-320-4
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-62354-321-1

Ages: 7–10
Page count: 32
8 1/2 x 9 1/2