Ninety-Three in My Family - Hardcover

Perl, Erica S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0810957604 ISBN 13: 9780810957602

Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers, 2006

Synopsis

A cheerfully chaotic spin on a counting book, featuring a very large family

From mealtime to bathtime to bedtime, ordinary activities become extraordinary when you live with twenty-seven owls, eleven dogs, six goldfish, a carsick gerbil, and numerous other furry, feathery, and finned friends. Jaunty text, wonderfully ridiculous illustrations, and plenty of counting challenges make this extraordinary household worth repeat visits.

About this title

About the Author:

Erica S. Perl is the author of the hit picture book Chicken Bedtime is Really Early, illustrated by George Bates. She writes for Nickelodeon and Noggin and is currently writing for an Emmy-nominated children’s series. This is her second book. Visit www.ericaperl.com.

From School Library Journal:

Kindergarten-Grade 3–Perl begins with an outlandish premise: a boy explains to his teacher that, counting himself, there are 93 members in his family, including (but not limited to) 27 owls, 11 dogs, some lions, tigers, armadillos, and frogs, a pygmy hippo named Bernice, Mommy and Daddy, 10 cats, his sister's gerbil, Six goldfish, and my sisters,/Darlene and Winifred. The boy describes what happens at mealtime, in the car, during bath time, and at bedtime. Perl's verses are bouncy and matter-of-fact: When all are finished bathing,/We dry the pets with towels./My sisters mop the bathroom floor/While I blow-dry the owls. The illustrations make what might have been a mildly silly book into a comic masterpiece, with innocent characters that are impervious to the bizarre. Lester adds magical touches like a fish holding up a sign that says No Anchovies when the family is ordering pizza. This is, of course, a counting book. Members of the family are introduced at different times, and kids will very likely want to keep tabs on which and how many animals have been mentioned so far. There's a tally sheet, kept by the teacher, at the end of the story, and readers can go back and forth to make sure she's counted correctly. Lester's visual jokes are a pretty nice reward for doing arithmetic.–Susan Weitz, formerly at Spencer-Van Etten School District, Spencer, NY
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About this edition

• Publisher: Abrams Books for Young Readers
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0810957604
• ISBN 13: 9780810957602
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lester Mike