Book Suggestions
Counting Books
All children need to know some numbers and number concepts before they enter school.
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Mooove Over! A Book About Counting by Twos
by Karen Magnuson Beil
Illustrated by Paul Meisel
Holiday House 2004
Ages: 5 to 7
Topic: Counting Books
A trolley driver tries to keep a count of his animal passengers two by two until a crazy cow cuts the line and tells everyone to mooove over. So what does the driver do with this impossible cow? MORE...
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Click, Clack, Splish, Splash: A Counting Adventure
by Doreen Cronin
Illustrated by Betsy Lewin
Atheneum 2006
Ages: 3 to 5
Topic: Counting Books
As farmer Brown falls asleep, his funny farm animals venture out on a fishing expedition. A joyful, first adventure in counting and rhyme. MORE...
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Shapes
by Robert Crowther
2002
Ages: 3 to 5
Topic: Counting Books
This is a book filled with more than 30 flaps, tabs and hidden pictures For example, a circle can turn into a balloon with a string or a steering wheel, and even a clock! An oval, by pulling a tab, can turn into a fish or by lifting a flap, it becomes a football. MORE...
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Color Zoo
by Lois Ehlert
HarperCollins 1989
Ages: 3 to 5
Topic: Counting Books
In bold designs and bright primary colors, this unique book reveals different animals through stacked cutouts of shapes. Children will delight in identifying the animals and you will exclaim in awe at this clever mesmerizing design. MORE...
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I Spy Shapes In Art
by Lucy Micklethwait
Greenwillow 2006
Ages: 5 to 7
Topic: Counting Books
Each of the 14 magnificent paintings in this book have a different shape for you to find- circles, rectangles, triangles, cubes, cylinders, spheres, etc. What a glorious way to introduce artists like Georgia O'Keeffe, Henry Matisse, and M.C. Escher. MORE...
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Hardworking Puppies
by Lynn Reiser
Harcourt Children's Books 2006
Ages: 5 to 7
Topic: Counting Books
Ten energetic dogs help people in different ways, including rescuing people in water, pulling sleds, sniffing for security in airports and best of all, becoming an obedient puppy for a little boy. A wonderful introduction to subtraction. MORE...
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Tree-Ring Circus
by Adam Rex
Harcourt Children's Books 2006
Ages: 5 to 7
Topic: Counting Books
In this cumulative tale, a tree grows out of a seed and becomes a hiding place for all animals until a runaway elephant and a circus clown come to visit and a catastrophe happens. MORE...
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One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab
by April Pulley Sayre
Illustrated by Randy Cecil
Candlewick 2003
Ages: 3 to 5
Topic: Counting Books
Follow the sign to the beach and start counting feet, both big and small, on people, animals, dogs, insects and spiders all the way to 100! MORE...
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