Book Review: Math Doesn't Suck

Doesn't the title say it all? Maybe the shear mention of math makes you shudder.  But the title of this book tells a huge truth.  Math Doesn't Suck!  It's super useful and kids need to know that.  Danica McKellar (yes it's Winnie from Wonder Years) used to be afraid of math and then found out after working at it a little that math could be fun and useful.  She majored in math as well!

Danica aims to the younger female audience.  She uses real world situations that girls can relate to.  In her chapter about Prime Numbers and Prime Factorization, she uses beading a bracelet to explain how that concept is useful.  Another example she used was putting together a gift bag with different combinations of chapstick, lotion, make-up samples and such.

Each chapter includes math problems to try out her techniques for solving a wide variety of math concepts.  She also does spotlights of real world women that use math in their careers.  I love the real world application and I often refer to her book to help me remember little tricks to solving math problems.

I highly recommend reading Math Doesn't Suck.  I realize it may sound boring to read about math, but trust me~Danica makes math fun!  Be sure to visit her website Math Doesn't Suck and have a look around.  Danica also authored other math books:
Kiss My Math: Show Pre-Algebra Who's Boss
Hot-X: Algebra Exposed!  (I am reading this right now)
She currently is working on a Geometry book too!

Does math scare you or is it fun?  I would love your thoughts on this one.