One Potato, Two Potato Todd H. Doodler 3 Stars One potato wants to have a party. A big birthday party. So he invites all his potato friends. He is one potato and soon the others become two and three and so on. But the trouble is that soon there are too many potatoes to fit…
Baby Bear Counts One Ashley Wolff 3 stars Baby Bear is wondering “who woke me?” It turns into a conversation about what is around Baby Bear. One woodpecker that hunts for food. Three beavers building. Seven bees “storing up honey before winter comes.” Over and over Baby Bear not only learns about the animals (and…
Ten Orange Pumpkins: A Counting Book Stephen Savage 3 Stars There are ten orange pumpkins, but then one by one they disappear. The first one becomes the head of a scarecrow. Another is taken away by a mummy. Finally there is only one pumpkin…which really isn’t a pumpkin anymore (because it has turned into a…
123 Versus ABC Mike Boldt 3 Stars In this hilarious introduction to numbers and alphabet letters the numbers and the letters are convinced that they must prove just who this book is really about. The numbers point out that why would they “be here if this was about letters?” Meanwhile the letters point out that…
Eggs 1 2 3: Who Will the Babies Be? Janet Halfmann art by Betsy Thompson Blue Apple, 2012 ISBN: 978-1-60905-191-4 FORMAT: Picture Book AGES: Preschool 3 Stars This is a great book for reading one on one with young kiddos. I really liked the muted tones and textures in the illustrations. Each page has a…
Hide & Seek Il Sung Na Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 ISBN :978-0-375-87078-1 FORMAT: Picture Book AGES: 2 – 5 4.5 Stars All the animals decide to play hide and seek. Elephant counts to ten while the rest of the animals try to find places to hide. After elephant counts one by one all of…
You can sing the whole book. One littleTwo littleThree little beasties… Got the tune stuck in your head yet? Great, then the book starts going backwards. Ten littleNine littleEight little beasties… And so on. The joy will come in looking at the various illustrations of beasties and singing a song that will be easy for…