Product Description

What a wonderful way for preschoolers to practice counting and, at the same time, celebrate the coming of spring! From ten little ladybugs crawling all around the crocuses to one Easter basket brimful of carrots, corn, berries, and other treats for the animals, this book is a joy to share with a very young child. Meilo So’s inspired and deft watercolor paintings of bunnies, chicks, ducklings, and other little woodland creatures set against a tapestry of flowers capture the very essence of spring.

This new sturdy board book edition is just right for toddlers who are starting to learn
to count.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1624064 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-13
• Released on: 2004-01-13
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 5.38" h x .50" w x 6.63" l, .44 pounds
• Binding: Board book
• 24 pages

From Amazon.com
Once spring has sprung, all the little woodland and meadow critters come out to play. Janet Schulman and Meilo So celebrate the dawn of this gentle season with a perfectly lovely counting book. From "10 Ladybugs crawling all around the crocuses" to "1 Easter Basket filled with treats for all the animals," the countdown includes peeping chicks, scurrying squirrels, and creeping foxes, all painted in So's spare, appealing watercolors. A riot of wildflowers and marsh reeds serves as a backdrop for each beautifully arranged spread, with the animals to be counted frolicking or fluttering all around. Learning to count will be easy with this happy, memorable picture book.

Acclaimed children's book publisher and author Janet Schulman is the anthologist of You Read to Me & I'll Read to You. Award-winning artist Meilo So's delicate watercolors can also be seen in The 20th-Century Children's Poetry Treasury and It's Simple, Said Simon, among other gems. (Ages 3 to 7) --Emilie Coulter

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K-It's spring and children are invited to count "10 Ladybugs crawling all around the crocuses.-9 Butterflies See them flutter by," and so on, counting down to one colorful Easter basket "filled with treats for all the animals." Softly rendered illustrations of the creatures and their surroundings bring the story to life with graceful energy and a sense of seasonal excitement, while providing clear examples of the numbers 1 to 10. On the final page, the wildlife is shown in a group, next to their corresponding numbers, allowing for visual comparison and reinforcement of the concept, as children are encouraged to "count them all again." The text tells a very simple story with just enough action to keep toddlers and preschoolers interested. A good choice for small group or one-on-one sharing.
Melinda Piehler, North Tonawanda Public Library, NY
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
Ages 2-5. Beautiful watercolors bloom from the pages of this small, satisfying counting book. "It's spring!" exclaims the text above illustrations of a wild, flowery field. "Do you think the children who live here will remember their animal friends on this special day?" The counting exercises from ten to one come in the subsequent spreads of meadow creatures and spring images: "10 ladybugs crawling all around the crocuses"; "1 Easter basket"; and so on. The text flirts with consistent rhymes and rhythms that never really come together, but So's joyful, carefree watercolors, filled with cuddly creatures, perfectly convey the excitement of spring--its brilliant, fresh colors and new life. This isn't a necessary purchase, but it offers attractive, seasonal material for toddlers learning their numbers. Gillian Engberg
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