Project Idea: Draw or cut out pictures of good things to multiply such as favorite foods, toys, or smiles as well as bad things to multiply such as dirty dishes, weeds, or frowns. Tape or glue to poster board with Good Things to Multiply on one side and Bad Things to Multiply on the other.

2 X 2 = BOO!
A Set of Spooky Multiplication Stories

Witches, ghosts, skeletons, and other Halloween characters help kids learn to multiply. Six short stories cover the multiplication facts from zero to five. Vampires disappear, witches are doubled, candy is multiplied like crazy, and much more.

ART: Acrylic gouache.

“Leedy’s pictures, in comic style, are gory and silly, and kids will work out the numbers as they giggle at the creepy monsters.” Booklist

Grades 1–3. 32 pages. Full color art. Holiday House, 1995.
ISBN 0-8234-1190-7 (hardback)
ISBN 0-8234-1272-5 (paperback)