School is fast approaching–why not read some fun picture books about numbers?
Zero is a big round number. When she looks at herself, she just sees a hole right in her center. Every day she watches the other numbers line up to count: “1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 . . . !” “Those numbers have value. That’s why they count,” she thinks. But how could a number worth nothing become something?
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Quilt Counting
by Lesa Cline-Ransome and James E. Ransome
Beneath a patch of blue
Sits a family homestead
One farmhouse, proud and true.
Come inside and join the quilting fun! Count from 1 to 10 as a child helps her mother and her grandmother gather materials for a special creative project-including 4 scissors, 6 tape measures, and 8 baskets of cloth.
How many
kisses does
it take
to say
good night?
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How many, How Many, How Many
by Rick Walton and Cynthia Jabar
Are you ready? It’s a race! How many HOW MANYs can you guess? Twelve energetic children race through the pages of this colorful counting book as each tackles a different HOW MANY question phrased and answered in sprightly verse. Swept along by the pace, readers will count to 12 with the racers and pick up fun facts as they go: the ONE boy who jumped over the candlestick, the names of the FOUR seasons, and the SEVEN colors of a rainbow, just to name a few.
Meet the peas—the 1-2-3 Peas! Come along as they count from one to one hundred in this pea-filled picture book that’s packed with bright, bold numbers and playful number-themed scenes. These tiny green mathematicians will have young readers everywhere calling for more peas, please!
Russell Memorial Library 