How Many, How Many, How Many - Hardcover

Walton, Rick

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1564020622 ISBN 13: 9781564020628

Publisher: Candlewick, 1993

Synopsis

Twelve energetic youngsters answer different "How Many" questions and introduce the numbers from one to twelve, in a zany counting book that also reveals the names of the seasons, the colors of the rainbow, and other fun facts.

About this title

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-A multicultural cast of a dozen boys and girls exuberantly dashes through the pages of this book, holding numbers and counting various items from 1 to 12. Vigorous, energetic scratchboard illustrations in vivid colors accompany each simple, rhyming couplet that asks a question, and the answer appears on the facing page, e.g., "Spiders like to steal her seat./How many things does Muffet eat?/ Two/ Curds and whey." Readers are encouraged to count people, animals, and objects from familiar rhymes, tales, the world, and even the universe ("Round and round in space they run./How many planets ring the sun?"). The well-designed and uncluttered double-page spreads focus attention on the items to be counted. In addition, Jabar has included special details for the observant to notice. The last page lists additional things to look for in each of the 12 spreads. (A quibble here: "twelve hours" will not be clear to preschoolers who see, instead, twelve numbers on a clock.) This cheerful book, good for independent reading, one-on-one sharing, and story time, is an effective introduction to the first 12 cardinal numbers, but can also be a springboard to further learning experiences. The concept here complements Pat Hutchins's One Hunter (Greenwillow, 1982). How many counting books does a library need? At least one more!-Cynthia K. Richey, Mt. Lebanon Public Library, Pittsburgh, PA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly

A combination of riddles, nursery rhymes, and Trivial Pursuit gives this nifty counting book its special twist. The challenge to readers is presented early on as "How many HOW MANYstet s can you guess?" Each successive spread presents a rhyming clue-and-question couplet, and an informative answer all accompanied by spirited and unusual scratchboard illustration. For example, "Spiders like to steal her seat. / How many things does Muffet eat? . . . Two / Curds and whey." The difficulty of the questions increases as the book progresses so that youngsters learn the number of legs an ant has, the number and name of the positions on a soccer team and the months of the year. The volume's final page offers additional sport, asking readers to locate items in the artwork that they may have missed the first time through. Though a few of the concepts may be a bit tough for preschoolers, this volume spans a variety of skill levels from number identification to beginning science lessons. The smiling kids who star in Jabar's exuberant artwork are bound to welcome budding mathematicians to these pages over and over again. Ages 3-up.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Candlewick
• Publication date: 1993
• ISBN 10: 1564020622
• ISBN 13: 9781564020628
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Jabar Cynthia