Illustrated by Roy McKie
This book was actually written by Dr. Seuss under a different pen name. It's a counting book with animals putting apples on their heads.
There are very, very few rhyming words, so the whole thing gets stale fast. The meter is so off that you have to really move the words around to make it work. Sometimes I have to re-read things a couple times to get the rhythm happening. That's lazy writing.
This book is still popular, though. Partly for the animals, and partly for the slapstick. I read it regardless of my reservations because we don't have a lot of good counting books in the house.
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