Charlie Piechart and the Case of the Missing Pizza Slice - Hardcover

Sadler, Marilyn; Comstock, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062370545 ISBN 13: 9780062370549

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2015

Synopsis

With a dinnertime mystery and 5 hungry suspects, Charlie Piechart makes fractions fun.

Charlie Piechart has a piechart for a belly, and it’s a belly that’s perfect for showing fractions. In his first mystery, perfect for little math enthusiasts, it’s pizza night at the Piecharts’ house.

How about veggies on top? “NO VEGGIES!” yell 4/6 of the pizza eaters. No one wants anchovies, either. They like Charlie’s idea best: pepperoni.

But with 6 pizza eaters, 3 sizes of pizza on the delivery menu, and 2 slices allotted for each person, it is no surprise when there’s a mystery! A scream from Charlie’s sisters reveals the issue: 1 out of 12 slices has gone missing. So who did it? Charlie counts the suspects and questions each one (except Mom!). But could he be forgetting someone?

This colorful, hysterical mystery adventure is perfect for both reluctant and enthusiastic math learners. Great for fans of G Is for Googol, Sir Cumference and the First Round Table, and Math Curse.

Correlates to the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts

About this title

About the Authors

Marilyn Sadler has written more than 35 books and has won 12 awards. She received 1 Emmy nomination for her animated series, Handy Manny (which averaged around 2 million viewers a week!). She is the author of the P. J. Funnybunny books and the books about Alistair.

Marilyn lives in Ohio with her cat, Alice, who’s shaped like a half sphere when she is sleeping and who acts like a princess when she’s awake. Marilyn is 1/2 of the team that created the world of Charlie Piechart. Visit her online at www.marilynsadler.net. 

Eric Comstock’s very first picture book was the debut Charlie Piechart adventure, Charlie Piechart and the Case of the Missing Pizza Slice. He is the other 1/2 of the team that created this book. Eric loves shapes. He prefers his grilled cheese sandwiches cut in triangles, not rectangles. He likes to drink his coffee out of a cylinder with a handle. And his ice cream must always be eaten from a cone. If you look at his illustrations, you’ll see characters that are made out of triangles, squares, rectangles, and circles. You can see what shapes Eric’s using lately at ericcomstock.us.

Eric Comstock’s very first picture book was the debut Charlie Piechart adventure, Charlie Piechart and the Case of the Missing Pizza Slice. He is the other 1/2 of the team that created this book. Eric loves shapes. He prefers his grilled cheese sandwiches cut in triangles, not rectangles. He likes to drink his coffee out of a cylinder with a handle. And his ice cream must always be eaten from a cone. If you look at his illustrations, you’ll see characters that are made out of triangles, squares, rectangles, and circles. You can see what shapes Eric’s using lately at ericcomstock.us.

From the Back Cover

It's pizza night at Charlie's house. . . .

With 6 pizza eaters,
3 sizes of pizza on the delivery menu, and
2 slices for everybody,
there's bound to be
at least 1 mystery!

Can Charlie solve it?

Yum!

From the Inside Flap

It's pizza night at Charlie's house. . . .

With 6 pizza eaters,
3 sizes of pizza on the delivery menu, and
2 slices for everybody,
there's bound to be
at least 1 mystery!

Can Charlie solve it?

Yum!

--Kirkus Reviews

Edition details

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062370545
• ISBN 13: 9780062370549
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Comstock Eric
• Number of pages: 40