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Reviewed by Kristine Zimmerman for Readers' Favorite
Get ready for adventure as you travel through the jungle with Rio and solve some math problems along the way. Jeev Chugh's series Math Riddles for Little Brainiacs starts with Rio's Roaring Quests on a Jungle Safari! Rio is ready to explore the jungle and all the animals it contains. Of course, animals seldom stay in one place, so, as he observes them, some creatures leave, and others arrive. Rio is tasked with figuring out how many animals he sees now. This is when simple math problems appear using addition, subtraction, and counting. A few useful tricks are highlighted, like using your fingers to subtract or add. In addition to the riddles, each spread shares a fun fact about the animals depicted. A colorful math worksheet rounds out the book.
Jeev Chugh has packed lots of fun information into this colorful adventure story. Rio's Roaring Quests on a Jungle Safari! is a clever introduction to basic math skills. Instead of learning a bunch of rote facts, the skills are presented as riddles to solve within the story. The illustrations are cheerful, vivid, and eye-catching. Kids will also learn some interesting facts about these animals such as the fact that zebras' stripes are as individual as fingerprints. The author has chosen a unique and fun way to introduce math concepts to young readers. His engaging story will have kids returning again and again to help Rio figure out his math riddles. Rio's Roaring Quests on a Jungle Safari! is an impressive start to the Math Riddles for Little Brainiacs series.
