Synopses & Reviews
WHEN YOU LOOK
THROUGH THIS BOOK
YOU'LL LEARN TO COUNT
AN AMOUNT
AND TO RHYME
ANYTIME...
Join popular children's author Judi Barrett for a rollicking romp through numbers one to ten. Each number is accompanied by a nonsensical verse built on words that rhyme with the number itself, and serves as a perfect springboard for Daniel Moreton's detailed and zany artwork. Young readers won't rest until they find each number and rhyme in brightly colored illustrations that bring together the most unlikely collection of creatures and things. Here's a book that steretches a child's imagination while bringing numbers, counting, and the concept of rhyming together in a playful, informative way.
Review
Booklist A fun and easy way to integrate math and language arts into the curriculum.
Review
School Library Journal The intriguing rhyme schemes and the colorful, fun-filled illustrations should inspire countless rereadings.
Synopsis
Young readers learn to count from one to ten by using these nonsense rhymes featuring animals. Full-color illustrations.
Synopsis
WHEN YOU LOOK
THROUGH THIS BOOK
YOU'LL LEARN TO COUNT
AN AMOUNT
AND TO RHYME
ANYTIME...
Join popular children's author Judi Barrett for a rollicking romp through numbers one to ten. Each number is accompanied by a nonsensical verse built on words that rhyme with the number itself, and serves as a perfect springboard for Daniel Moreton's detailed and zany artwork. Young readers won't rest until they find each number and rhyme in brightly colored illustrations that bring together the most unlikely collection of creatures and things. Here's a book that steretches a child's imagination while bringing numbers, counting, and the concept of rhyming together in a playful, informative way.
About the Author
Judi Barrett has written more than 10 children's books, among them
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Pickles to Pittsburgh, and
Things That Are Most in the World. She has ideas for at least 9 more. She likes the shape of the number 8. She could eat spaghetti 7 days a week. She usually pets around 6 dogs a day. She has been to the circus 5 times. She studied art for 4 years at Pratt Institute. She tries to spend 3 days a week writing. She lives on 2 floors of her house. And she is 1 good cook!
When she is not busy writing, she is busy teaching art to 220 children at the Berkeley Carroll School in Brooklyn, New York.