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Introduces the numbers one through twenty-five, by showing one red hen, two baby chicks, three very silly men, and so on
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This counting poem features offbeat objects such as falling bricks, nuns out bopping, and bowls of invisible soup as it winds its way from 1 to 25. One entry, "Nine chimes Big Ben" seems inconsistent, using the dial of the clock to represent nine when all the other numbers are represented by tangible objects. Others seem rather contrived, such as "thirteen teenagers rather vain." The poem has a nice rhythm (which is lost if readers pause to count objects, a process inherent to counting books). The pen-and-ink illustrations are also uneven. Some are fresh, original, and really fun to look at, with good movement and nice whimsical touches; others by contrast seem flat. Some of the book is unique, but enough of it is less so to make it only a marginal choice. --Jane Gardner Connor, formerly at South Carolina State Library, Columbia
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
In this lively rhyme book, assorted fanciful characters--and anthropomorphized objects--depict numbers from one to 25. The volume begins promisingly, as "one little red hen" seems to hatch simultaneously from her shell and an overturned paint can, and "two baby chicks" roll merrily along in combination shell-prams. Many of the subsequent examples, however, are too complex and obscure for the intended age group: a jar of "eight onions in a pickle" would be beyond the grasp of virtually all three-year-olds. Why are 15 telephones "asleep for the night" (and why are they snoring); in what way do telescopes "untwinkle" stars--and how is that explained to youngsters? While Prachaticka's zany, contemporary pictures are individually amusing, the cumulative result is a self-conscious, overly sophisticated counting book. Ages 1-5.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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