A very creative concept book teaching young children to count from 1 to 10. The book also teaches uncommon plural form of nouns: 1 goose, 5 geese. The art is strategic such that it does not overwhelm. As the book count up, the style follows: 1, 2; 1, 3; 1, 4, etc... On each "1" page, the page is a solid bright color, with a square cutout to highlight and focus on the particular example. Turn the page and the reader sees the other animals in that cohort. On the opposite page, the author keeps tabs of which numbers has already been counted. The redundancy makes learning to count easy to remember. This style is very similar to the "12 days of Christmas" song. The back endpages summarize the whole book in one number line. ( )

A unique counting book that teaches young children to count from one to ten.
Ages 3-5yrs

This is a great book for teaching plurals as well as one to one correspondence. The illustrations are cute and whimsical yet not too complex. They really focus on the number of objects without overwhelming the reader with too many visuals. I like how every other page is a cut out so that you see on figure, then turn to see that figure plus many more. There is minimal text so it would be great practice for an early readers as well. ( )

So much more than a simple counting book, each two page spread shows "one foot" or "one mouse" or "one goose" through a cut-out window. Turn the page, though, and the window opens up to the plural versions-- two feet, three mice, four geese. Children can count along, getting not only a lesson in numbers but some reinforcement in irregular plural nouns. The illustrations are delightful and expressive. ( )

great for showing the words that change when plural ( )