Blackstone, Stella

Young readers are challenged to find the squares, circles, hearts, ovals, diamonds, and other shapes in the colorful pictures.

Granny travels around the world picking up items, from one flying carpet to ten ribbons for a pony's mane, representative of the places she visits.

A bear travels around the world using a wide variety of types of transportation.

A group of children learn about the vegetables that grow in the garden and work together to make soup.

A child's grandmother travels around the world, buying things in quantities that illustrate counting from one to ten.

Three boisterous babies play with balls, run, sing, and interact.

The big, friendly bear goes on his daily walk through his neighborhood meeting the people who live and work nearby.

Introduces the concept of opposites through a look at different animals on the farm, while contemplating the question "How big is a pig?".

A family of bears is busy preparing for baby bear's birthday.

A child dreams of being one dinosaur among many. Includes notes on dinosaur species mentioned in the rhyming text.