Judith Stamper: 2 books

The coach of the soccer team is a math teacher. And the name of the team is the Fractions. The numbers on the kids' uniforms are fractions. At half time, the kids eat orange slices that are cut in halves, quarters, and thirds. All of these fractions add up to two things-a winning team and lots of fun! Illustrated by Chris Demarest.

Original: The first book to look empirically at a city and traces its patterns of news circulation.  Holistic approach: includes interviews with a range of local mediators, focus groups, a survey of a representative sample of the population and a content analysis of one week’s news output from various media.  Looks at mainstream and local/alternative media.