counting

Ten fairies arrive at the park, ready to grant children wishes! That?s the magical, high-interest premise of this lively and lovely counting book. As readers count along with the inviting narration, they?ll learn new vocabulary with the help of text-supporting illustrations. The amusing story, as well as the rhythm and rhyme of the text, is a motivating way to provide opportunities for number practice and assessments of reading and math skills at an early level.

"Even monsters have to go to bed! That's the . . . premise of this math-oriented story . . . read how these ten . . . monsters need to brush their colorful spots, scrub their stinky feet, and tuck in their not-so-terrible tails as they get ready to snooze"--Provided by publisher.

Superheroes?and math?to the rescue! Young readers are introduced to ten heroes with extraordinary powers to match the many dangers they face in this exciting volume, such as three scary snowmen, eight trapdoors, and ten threatening storm clouds. While they're engrossed by the high-interest topic, they?ll practice counting in each number-oriented rescue situation. Sentences are carefully crafted at the emerging reader?s level, while the colorful illustrations provide support for vocabulary acquisition.

"Everyone in Eliot's class has to bring in one hundred items as part of their 100th day of school celebration, but he doesn't have any ideas. Of course, Tiny has plenty! But when he follows Eliot to school to join the festivities, he winds up making a mess of things. How will he make things right again?"--OCLC.

"One hundred unusual animals try to squeeze into the oversized pages of this raucous rhyming tale. 'But can we fit a whole blue whale?' is repeated throughout, as more animals join the melange"--Provided by publisher.

"Celebrate Chanukah with The very hungry caterpillar! Light the menorah, spin the dreidel, and learn more about the holiday in this . . . board book"--Back cover.

Count the days leading up to Lunar New Year, from one dancing dragon to twelve zodiac animals, using the rhythm of the traditional song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas.".

"This is Apple. He's not a normal, nice kind of apple. Not a peaceful piece of fruit, no siree. He's rotten to the core. . . . It's up to Granny Smith and her posse of golden apples to step in to teach Bad Apple a lesson"--Provided by publisher.

"A school of fish is consumed, one by one and color by color, until the littlest and last fish takes a dramatic stand"--Provided by publisher.

"Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, driest continent in the world, with icy deserts, mountain ranges, and volcanoes-some buried deep under the ice. Antarctica is home to some amazing and unique animals. How many can you count?"--Provided by publisher.