One, Five, Many - Softcover

Pacovska, Kveta

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395549973 ISBN 13: 9780395549971

Publisher: Clarion Books, 1990

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Cutouts, paper doors, mirrors, and bright colors involve the reader in the experience of counting from one to ten

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From Publishers Weekly:

Here's a counting book that's a stylist's delight. In much the same way that Numblers by Suse Macdonald and Bill Oakes provided highly inventive conceptual surprises, Czech artist Pacovska tinkers with a series of vigorous graphics, turning them sideways or on their heads, and adding cutouts, little panels that open, and more. Holding it all together is an acrobatic clown who literally bends over backwards to portray the shapes of numerals one through 10, adding members of a lively retinue when appropriate. A recurring row of brightly colored dots helps readers keep track of the number in question. The sturdy spiral binding will boost the book's longevity, but a heavy paper jacket to which the book is glued seems unnecessary as well as fated for a short lifespan. Ages 5-8.
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From School Library Journal:

A spiral-bound counting concept book filled with cut-outs, lift-the-flaps, pull-outs, and mirrors. Once the pages lead readers up to number five, the text leaps on to "many" (seven), "soooooooo many" (eight), and "a great many!" (ten). It's too confusing. The painted figures are very modern and stylized with lots of triangles and curves in bright red and green, but they don't help clarify the count. To be fair, clarity doesn't seem to be the point here; wild imaginative play prevails. Among the dozens of counting books available, try Anno's Counting Book (Crowell, 1977) or Anno's Counting House (Philomel, 1982) for an imaginative treatment of counting concepts. --Jacqueline Elsner, Athens Regional Library, GA
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