As far as teaching children the facts of numbers, I've always liked Eliezer Yudkowsky's The Simple Truth: http://yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth http:/

As far as teaching children the facts of numbers, I've always liked Eliezer Yudkowsky's The Simple Truth: http://yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth http://yudkowsky.net/rational/the-simple-truth Especially how it initially presents the concept as magic. Actually, maybe not a good way of explaining numbers to children. But I like the story nonetheless.