Illustrations and easy-to-read text follow Bear as he tries to help Fox, Hare, and Badger find one missing sock, one missing mitten, and one missing boot--but no missing pears.

Does a polka-dotted sock match a striped sock? Young children will learn about matching, an important early math skill, as a lonely striped sock searches the house for its mate. They will may even be inspired to practice this skill in their own sock drawers! Best Children's Science Books 1997 (Science Books and Films)

Monthly journal devoted entirely to research in pure and applied mathematics, and, in general, includes longer papers than those in the Proceedings of the American Mathematical Society.

Missing Mittens Every animal on Farmer Bill's farm is missing one mitten. Readers can investigate odd and even numbers as they unravel this mitten mystery!