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This is a story for children in the grades 4-7. It teaches math and English through story telling. The Short children visit a grave yard near their home and the Parts of Speech come out of the tombs. Miss Verb tells them how they came to be in the tombs. It had to do with a sack race on a high mountain long ago. Everyone wished to win, so they tried to knock one another out of winning. The results were a disaster. In Part 2 the children help John celebrate his birthday. His mother introduces him to the Math family. These characters teach him how to add, subtract, divide, and multiply by helping him buy his own presents.

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Joan Shortridge is a mother of two sons. Her stories are based on incidents in their lives. She also uses their pets as characters. She has a BA Degree in Elementary Education. Her stories have religious and educational overtones. She writes for a hobby, and enjoys reliving her own childhood through these tales. Many of her books are now audio books and can be purchased on ACX, a division of Amazon, and on iTunes. She writes in the style of Walt Disney stories.

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