As a little nipper… mathematics was hardly my forte. Staring glumly at the time tables on the classroom wall; I might as well have been trying to make sense of hieroglyphics. And don’t get me started on figuring out square roots… the root of all my problems more like it! Had there been a book like ‘Alison Hubble’ for a word-lover like me, I might have just worked it all out.
Alison Hubble is about a girl who went to bed single and woke up double, written by picture book heavy weight and former teacher Allan Ahlberg. When Alison wakes up to find a twin in bed next to her, her trouble is only just beginning. Trouble that’s going to double… double… and double some more…
The rapidly multiplying Alison causes quite the Hubble hullaballoo as her bewildered Mum and Dad try to get to grips with feeding and housing a growing number of Alison’s – and managing her growing fame.
This book’s perfectly pitched at kids aged five or so who are attempting to wrap their brains around maths. The formula for such a great story? Clever rhyming, witty humour and those instantly classic illustrations by Bruce Ingman. In fact all of those little Alison’s wandering about were reminiscent of Ludwig Bemelmans’ Madeline. Very cute indeed.
So if you’re in the market for a book with brains… problem solved!
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