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Boyds Mills Press publishes a wide range of high-quality fiction and nonfiction picture books, chapter books, novels, and nonfiction
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PreSchool-K-This attempt at a bouncy counting rhyme falls flat. The verses clump along in a singsong rhythm as a girl buys a baby chick at the general store and each member of her extended family successively chooses one more until great-grandpa picks out 10 chicks for a grand total of "more than fifty head." No numerals are shown, weakening the title's use as a counting book. The colorful pictures are lively and busy with detail as the new family additions populate the house. The cartoon characters, drawn with big heads and thin necks, energetically gather up the chicks, adding to the slapstick antics. Children will find the idea of chickens overrunning the house humorous, and a two-page spread of the kitchen aptly illustrates the silly situation. Despite the funny punch line, "I guess my family's lucky I didn't want a cow," there are many better rhyming stories and counting books available, making this an additional purchase.
Karen James, Louisville Free Public Library, KY
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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A young girl and her family go on a chicken-buying spree at the general store in this comical counting book. The narrator describes the purchases one by one in a rhyming text: "I bought a baby chicken at the general store. My sister liked the black ones, so she gathered up two more." In no time, the girl's parents and various other relatives follow suit. Brooks provides visual reinforcement with colorful, often humorous, nicely detailed illustrations showing each family member with the correct number of chickens to match the text. Unfortunately, the actual numerals never appear anywhere on the pages, so the book cannot be used for teaching number identification. But it offers plenty of additional opportunity to identify everyday objects or to count--bottles, cans, or pots and pans. A playful way to introduce counting to preschoolers or to reinforce the concept with older children. Lauren Peterson
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- PublisherBoyds Mills Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1563978008
- ISBN 13 9781563978005
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
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