BOOK REVIEW: Wisconsin Book Shelf/The Education Shelf:
Critique: An ideal supplement for home-schooling families, preschool and daycare center workers, and elementary school classroom math themed curriculums, "Sets and Numbers for the Very Young" features a good many DIY exercises that are both fun and educational. It should be noted that "Sets and Numbers for the Very Young" is also readily available in a digital book format (Kindle, $4.00) as well.
Editorial Note #1: Irving Adler (Author), whose book "The New Mathematics" was the first on its subject for the adult general reader, wrote "Sets and Numbers for the Very Young" for very young children with his wife Ruth. The holder of a Ph.D. in pure mathematics from Columbia University, Irving Adler was an instructor in math at Columbia as well as at Bennington College and was formerly head of the mathematics department of a New York City public high school. His wife Ruth taught mathematics in public schools In the Greater New York area and died in 1968, one year prior to the publication of this book by The John Day Company. Irving Adler had 87 titles to his name when he passed away in 2012, at almost 100 years of age. His books were published in 31 countries, in 19 different languages.
Editorial Note #2: Peggy Adler (Illustrator/Cover Designer) is the daughter of Irving and Ruth Adler and is the author of BearManor's "Peggy's Puzzles - Volume One" and "Volume Two" (2023); "Pallenberg Wonder Bears - From The Beginning" (2022) and "Trilogy - Three True Stories of Scoundrels and Schemers", whose audiobook won a 2024 IPPY GOLD MEDAL. Previously, she authored the 2019, award winning pictorial history, Images of America CLINTON (Arcadia) and five books for New York City publishers (The John Day Company & Franklin Watts). Additionally, Ms Adler illustrated two dozen books and provided art for the Bronx Zoo; the Humane Society of the United States; Little, Brown & Company and many others.