Count - Hardcover

Count! Edition: Reprint

 
9780805050813: Count

Synopsis

Helps youngsters count from one gnu to ten lizards, in an energetic book that also invites children to wiggle like worms, bounce like kangaroos, and leap like frogs, produced for the first time in a board book edition.

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Review

"The substance here is traditional-numbers from one to ten introduced with animals to count; the idea extended with tens to 50-but the presentation is outstanding....Fashioned with care, intelligence, and artistry-a delight." --"Kirkus Reviews, "pointer
"A fresh, upbeat concept book...Very bright, very hip!" --"School Library Journal, "starred review
"The resounding vitality and immediacy of this selection turn a counting lesson into an exhilarating experience." --"Publishers Weekly," starred review

About the Author

Denise Fleming has written and illustrated many children's books, including "In the Tall, Tall Grass," "Shout! Shout It Out"!, and "Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy." She won a Caldecott Honor for "In the Small, Small Pond." Denise published her first painting in the third grade, when she started taking classes at the Toledo Museum of Art and one of her paintings was chosen to be the cover of a teacher's magazine. She now works primarily with paper, by pouring colored paper pulp through hand-cut stencils. She lives in Toledo, Ohio.

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