RR,
the books quite interesting. They are stories. On each page has the words. For eg.
Paul has 4 sisters. He is going to bake cookies for everyone.
Then below the page, got a small prompting question for you to ask the child:
eg. How many people must Paul bake for?
The whole book is one story. 8 books 8 different stories. So even if u don't ask the prompting maths qns, u can just read them like a story book.