Each time her teacher asks, ?What?s seven times ten?? a young girl experiences a severe case of arithmetic strain. ?Numbers flew out of my head by the score. They stuck to the ceiling; they bounced off the floor!? Soon, exploding numbers are taking over her classroom, her school ? then the entire town!

Ebullient verse and ingenious collage illustrations full of hilarious escalating antics make this kid-centric romp through the dreaded times tables a read-aloud gem. Clever endpapers feature a multiplication table.