Can we really count on Frank?

The National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) and the Australian National Curriculum encourage the integration of literacy and numeracy, and Teaching Children Mathematics (TCM) regularly includes articles on incorporating picture books into the mathematics program. Marston has developed a new framework (2010) to assist teachers in selecting and evaluating picture books. Using this framework, the authors assess the potential of three different books for mathematical teaching and learning in the primary classroom.