I don’t remember where Parker first heard about the number googol, but ever since he has been fascinated with it. So, when I saw the book Can You Count to a Googol? by Robert E. Wells at the library, I snatched it up! It’s a very well written book and we had a fun time with it. It starts with the number one and keeps adding zero until it gets to a googol (a one with 100 zeros!). It’s very engaging and captures the child’s attention right away. The first page reads, “If you’re looking for a really big number, it certainly won’t be 1. One is the number of bananas you can balance on your nose, if you’re a good banana balancer.”
Here is a partial dialogue of the conversation we had while reading this book …
Mom: How long would it take you to spend a million dollars?
Parker: Oh, about 2 days.
Mom: What would you buy if you had a billion dollars?
Parker: A Dollar store!!!
