Introduces basic concepts in measurement and mathematics through the plants, animals, and natural phenomena associated with winter.

As young readers journey into the natural world, they discover that numbers, patterns, shapes and#x2014; and much more! and#x2014; can be found in everyday plants and animals. What if animals and plants knew math, just like us? Would spiders draw pictures in their webs? Would narwhals sort blocks of ice by shape? Would insects know what’s above and what’s below? In Shaping Up Summer, the final title in the Math in Nature series, nature...