"Hands Down: Count by Fives" is a very good educational tool for ages of about 4 to 8, as not only does it teach you about counting up to 50 but it also teaches you about addition, multiplication and division. As well as this I think children will enjoy the creativity and familiarity of this book, by the fact that the story is set in an art class. Thus "Hands Down: Count by Fives" shows the art works that 7 students come up with mostly by hand prints, which is always a very popular art form with young children. A majority of the pictures the students produce are of animals. The illustrations are large and clear, with the use of mainly bright colors. Also every second page clearly sets out the multiple/s of 5 that are being used. In addition to this I think children will be entertained by the type of language used, as alliteration is applied to nearly every page that has text. Finally the last page is useful especially for a classroom setting, as it includes some interesting facts about the nature scenes featured in the students' art works, a number activity and a web site called "FactHound" which is related to the book. ( )