By Lola M. Schaefer
Illustrated by Christopher Silas Neal
This book is longer than pictured. It has huge pages and is great for cuddling up to read with kids.
It is also a counting book for older kids, which I very much appreciate.
The animals featured are random, and the objects to count reflect an amazing part of that animal's life, like a caribou dropping its antlers, or a seahorse male birthing babies.
The illustrations are in this newfangled modern style, but not twee. They're really nice. I'm still finding this style of illustration fresh, probably because it's so clean and simple.
Mathematically, this book is actually useful because it counts by tens for a bit, then shows hundreds of things, then finally one thousand. It's not about learning all the numbers in between, it's about visualizing numbers. My kids aren't really old enough to comprehend the concept of one thousand, but when they're ready, this book will be perfect.
We still look through it anyway, because the animal facts are cool.
No comments:
Post a Comment