The Math Adventurers Share a Camping Trip: A Story about Division

Join two friendly and funny robots, Beep and Boots, as they learn all about division and discover that math is everywhere they look.

Beep and Boots are going on a camping trip in the great outdoors. They’ve got a warm sleeping bag each, a nice cozy tent each, and strawberries to share. But they realize there are not enough tent pegs! Can they learn to divide up what they have and put up their tents before it’s time for bed?

This fun and educational math book for children features:

- A fun and engaging introduction to division for children aged 5-7.
- Lively illustrations and rhyming text that brings the characters and math topics to life.
- Key math topics including shapes, time, measurements, division, and fractions - all essential learning for this age group.
- Illustrations that are in a non-gendered colour palette, making the traditionally male subject relatable for all genders.
- A relatable storyline for young readers, encouraging them to look for math in their homes and environments, and seeing how, often without even knowing it, they use math everyday.

Characterful illustrations and rhyming text bring characters Beep and Boots to life! Children aged 5-7 will love seeing the adventures the robot duo go on and will learn key mathematical concepts concerning division in a gentle, fun way. Questions at the end of the book reinforce learning and encourage kids to look at the math they can see in the world around them.

At DK, we believe in the power of discovery.

So why stop there?

The Math Adventurers series uses everyday scenarios to show how math is all around us, making this difficult subject more accessible. If you loved The Math Adventurers Share a Camping Trip, then you’ll love The Math Adventurers Measure Up to learn about measurements and The Math Adventurers A Day At the Zoo to learn all about time!

Sital Gorasia Chapman is passionate about bringing math to life for kids. She worked in finance before becoming a children’s author. Her picture book submission was commended at the Faber and Andlyn BAME (FAB) Prize in 2019. Sital was commissioned to write a poem for the CBeebies children’s television series, Colors.

Consultant: Steph King is a mathematics advisor, trainer, teacher, and author with nearly thirty years of experience. She works with schools to raise achievement in mathematics, focusing on strategies to build conceptual understanding and learning. Writing for numerous educational publishers over the past ten years, she has become an established author of mathematics books and online material.

Susanna Rumiz is a freelance illustrator based in Italy. She creates illustrations for brands, children’s books, magazines, and videos. She considers herself a bit of a color nerd, who is always looking for the perfect color combination, so wherever there are fun characters to draw or color palettes to play with, she’s in!