Review by Booklist Review
Ages 4-8. This bright, well-designed book challenges young children to think analytically about what's on its pages. Each double-page spread includes a large, colorful illustration, three related statements, and three questions that can be answered by counting. For example, "On my way to the store I saw 4 trees. Each tree had 3 bird's nests. Each bird's nest had 2 spotted eggs. How many trees were there? How many bird's nests were there? How many spotted eggs were there in all?" Since each spread introduces a new venue, there's a great variety of settings (circus, barnyard, backyard) as well as a mix of things to count (trucks, trikes, gumballs). Crews makes the most of the graphic opportunities with art that fills but doesn't overload the pages. Since the objects are organized into sets and subsets, this could be used to introduce the concept of multiplication as well as counting and addition. A welcome choice for math shelves in school and public libraries. (Reviewed Mar. 15, 1992)0688104282Carolyn Phelan
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Review by Horn Book Review
For more advanced counters than the audience of their previous collaboration, 'How Many Snails?' (Greenwillow), this book offers plenty of opportunities for counting as high as fifty-four and practicing some basic addition. Crews's bright, graphic pictures are easily read and perfectly suited to this kind of concept book. From HORN BOOK 1992, (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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