Fish, math, counting

Genre
Concept books
Counting books
Picture books for children
Stories in rhyme
Illustration
Big and bold
Colorful
Fanciful
Subject
Animals
Aquatic animals
Counting
Fishes

Following a rhymed introduction, this counting book illustrates numbers from one to ten in a fantasy underwater adventure for young readers. Children count the brightly colored fish, each bearing a different design. Or perhaps they will choose to count the fish’s cut-out eyes as they interact with each double-page illustration in the book.

But look closely, and find the guide fish that appears on each page. Along with the counting, the guide fish introduces some simple addition: the fish on the page, plus one. The only drawback here is that the young reader is likely to miss this complementing lesson because the black print against the very dark blue page is quite difficult to see. Nevertheless, it creates a clever conversation between the fish and the young reader. [Adults should be prepared to point out the guide fish and his running conversation if the young reader misses this interaction while reading the book.]

Recommended. ( )

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Fish Eyes was a fun child counting book. This was a good book for children to learn how to add numbers. The book teaches the concept of adding. Each page has a different amount of fish, plus the narrator fish. For example, the fish says "There are seven striped fish, plus me, which makes eight fish." Each page has a different number to allow the children to add different numbers together. The colors are vibrant and so beautiful on the illustrations which makes this book even better! ( )