Count!

by Denise Fleming (Author) Denise Fleming (Illustrator)

Count!
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Reading Level: K − 1st Grade
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Wiggle like a worm, bounce like a kangaroo, leap like a frog! Count from one gnu to 10 lizards to 50 bees. This inventive concept book is as much fun for the youngest child at home as it is for their older siblings in school. Full color.
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In creating this counting book, the artist has used an unusual technique. She “painted” by layering a pulp made of cotton fibers pigmented in an array of flame-bright hues. The process seems more akin to papermaking than to painting, and the resulting illustrations have an air of spontaneity in form and color. On each double-page spread, a specified number of animals cavort, inviting children to join in the fun. While those just learning to count will find the beginning numbers a challenge, there’s room to grow: following the sequence from 1 to 10, the numbers skip along by tens to 50. And even children who’ve mastered the counting game will enjoy acting up with the animals--jumping with the two zebras, stretching with the five giraffes, and finally waving their wings good-bye to the 50 bees. A visually striking concept book with story-hour potential. (Reviewed Feb. 1, 1992)— Carolyn Phelan 

Publishers Weekly

Numbers one to ten, then tens to 50, are teamed with animals portrayed in Fleming's exuberant, bright illustrations. Ages 2-6. (Sept.)

Review quotes

"The substance here is traditional-numbers from one to ten introduced with animals to count; the idea extended with tens to 50-but the presentation is outstanding....Fashioned with care, intelligence, and artistry-a delight." —Kirkus Reviews, pointer

"A fresh, upbeat concept book...Very bright, very hip!" —School Library Journal, starred review

"The resounding vitality and immediacy of this selection turn a counting lesson into an exhilarating experience." —Publishers Weekly, starred review

Denise Fleming

Denise Fleming has written and illustrated many children's books, including "In the Tall, Tall Grass," "Shout! Shout It Out"!, and "Sleepy, Oh So Sleepy." She won a Caldecott Honor for "In the Small, Small Pond." Denise published her first painting in the third grade, when she started taking classes at the Toledo Museum of Art and one of her paintings was chosen to be the cover of a teacher's magazine. She now works primarily with paper, by pouring colored paper pulp through hand-cut stencils. She lives in Toledo, Ohio.

Classification
Non-fiction
ISBN-13
9780805042528
Lexile Measure
220
Guided Reading Level
-
Publisher
Square Fish
Publication date
September 15, 1995
Series
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BISAC categories
JNF003000 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Animals | General
JNF013030 - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts | Counting & Numbers
Library of Congress categories
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