Count! - Hardcover

Fleming, Denise

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805050817 ISBN 13: 9780805050813

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 1997

Synopsis

Kids can wiggle with the worms and jump with zebras as they learn to count from one to ten with their animal friends.

About this title

About the Author

Denise Fleming has written and illustrated fourteen picture books, including In the Small, Small Pond, which was named a Caldecott Honor Book. Her illustrations are created by pulp painting Ms. Fleming lives in Toledo, Ohio, with her husband, David Powers, with whom she collaborates.

From Kirkus Reviews

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. Like the art in Fleming's eye-catching In the Tall, Tall Grass (1991), these illustrations are rendered in a unique medium using colored pulp from which she creates her own handmade paper. In the collage- like result, there are both areas of subtly modulated color with cloud-like edges and the crisper definitions of cut paper. The brilliant tones and bold juxtapositions will nourish the imaginations of babies too young for the number concepts; the handsome design and exquisite balance of vibrant colors will make the book a favorite until the child is old enough to consider the final appealing spread with the numeral ``50,'' the words ``fifty bees,'' 50 marks grouped in tens, and 50 stylized bees headed up and away. Fashioned with care, intelligence, and artistry--a delight. (Picture book. 0-8) -- Copyright ©1992, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

Edition details

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805050817
• ISBN 13: 9780805050813
• Binding: Board book
• Illustrator: Fleming Denise
• Number of pages: 24