Synopses & Reviews
Over in the meadow there's a spring wedding, with the couple's 10 best friends to celebrate. What's next? A house! So when spring comes again...
"Over in the meadow/ with a bucket big and fine
arrived Charlie with a backhoe/ and strong diggers 9!
'Dig!' said Charlie. 'We dig, ' said the 9./ So they dug and dumped dirt with a bucket big and fine."
Then 8 masons, 7 carpenters, 6 well diggers, 5 roofers, 4 plumbers, 3 electricians, 2 painters and 1 inspector show up with all their trucks and tools to pour, hammer, drill, plumb, wire, paint, and inspect a fine new house. And when the couple and their friends have a house-warming party, a new baby comes, too!
Inspired by Olive A. Wadsworth's old counting poem, Shutta Crum's exhuberant rhyme celebrates the fun of counting, the excitement of building a house, and the satisfaction of sharing work.
Review
"It will also be great for reading aloud."
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