One Smiling Grandma: Caribbean Counting Book - Hardcover

Ann Marie Linden

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 043494209X ISBN 13: 9780434942091

Publisher: Heinemann Young Books, 1992

Synopsis

In a lilting counting rhyme, a young girl explores her island home, making discovery after discovery among the island's vivid sights and sounds.

About this title

From Publishers Weekly:

All that's missing here is a calypso beat, as this sunny counting book takes its rhythmic cue from the sights and sounds of the Caribbean. The opening pages set a languid island tone, as one of Russell's boldly colored, full-spread paintings introduces "one smiling grandma in a rocking chair." Grandmother adorns her winsome granddaughter with "two yellow bows tied on braided hair," and the pair sets out on a day's jaunt, passing such sights as "eight sugar apples, just out of reach." The bright, borderless paintings present lush views of the tropical landscape; images seem to spill off the book's vibrant pages. Colors and shapes offer a rich texture filled with the warmth and light of the setting. The spare text sways with a lilting cadence and imaginative use of language. This picture book extends beyond the usual scope of a counting exercise, transporting the reader to a different locale where numbers can mean taking in an unfamiliar milieu and adding new facts along the way. Ages 4-8.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Heinemann Young Books
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 043494209X
• ISBN 13: 9780434942091
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Lynne Russell