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Fri, 08/01/2008

Danica McKellar, author of Kiss My Math - our blogger for the week of 8/4:

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Danica McKellar is our guest blogger during the week of August 4th. If you have any questions for Danica McKellar, add a comment to any of her posts. Here is some brief information about Kiss My Math: Showing Pre-Algebra Who's Boss:

From the author of the runaway bestseller Math Doesn't Suck, the next step in the math curriculum-- pre-Algebra.

Last year, actress and math genius Danica McKellar made waves nationwide, challenging the "math nerd" stereotype-and giving girls the tools to ace tests and homework in her unique just-us-girls style. Now, in Kiss My Math, McKellar empowers a new crop of girls-7th to 9th graders-taking on the next level of mathematics: pre-Algebra.

Stepping up not only the math, but also the sass and style, Kiss My Math will help math-phobic teenagers everywhere chill out about math, and finally "get" negative numbers, variables, absolute values, exponents, and more. Each chapter features:


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