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Staff Pick
The woodland bunch is back, this time guiding little ones through learning their numbers while exploring concepts, making pancakes, and having other adorable adventures along the way. Recommended By Aubrey W., Powells.com
Synopses & Reviews
What is a day of counting with Barefoot Critters?
Reading
Making pancakes
Helping friends
Exploring
Swimming
Playing pirates
Learning about numbers!
Join this adorable cast of animal characters as they explore numbers and counting over the course of a day, having fun at all stops along the way.
Review
“Count on this appealing title to enliven concept books collections.” School Library Journal
Review
“Sturdy, gentle rhymes guide readers through a day’s worth of fun. . . . White’s endearing watercolor and gouache illustrations create a cozy woodland world that readers will be eager to revisit.” Publishers Weekly
Review
“A charming cumulative counting tale. . . . it’s a charmer.” Kirkus Reviews
About the Author
Teagan White is a freelance designer and illustrator from Chicago, now living and working in Minnesota, where she earned her BFA in Illustration from the Minneapolis College of Art & Design. Her work encompasses intricate drawings of flora and fauna, playful watercolors of anthropomorphic critters, illustrated typography, and everything in between. Teagan lives in the woods across the street from train tracks and a fox den, and spends her free time scolding neighborhood squirrels, exploring forests, rivers, lakes, and swamps, picking wildflowers, and collecting animal bones. This is her second book featuring the Barefoot Critters – Adventures with Barefoot Critters was her first picture book. The author lives in St Paul, Minnesota.