1 to 20, Animals Aplenty - 9781576876800

The new book from Katie Viggers, author of Almost an Animal Alphabet, teaches kids to count from 1 to 20 as they meet a menagerie of amusing creatures.
At once fun to read and educational, 1 to 20 shows each number both numerically and as a quantity, which is the key to teaching children not only to count but also the building blocks of mathematical skills. Each number is depicted in animals, so kids learn the number and also instantly see how many. All this education is disguised by Katie's adorable, detailed creatures, who romp through the numbers with unexpected and frequently silly props--and it all rhymes! For example, "6 baboons with 6 balloons" shows a selection of 6 different baboons, each with a different colored balloon. Later, "12 raccoons with the baboons' balloons" invites kids to practice both 6 and 12.


• by depicting numerals, each spread teaches children to recognize numbers



• by showing groups, the images and text work together to help children understand quantities--and the endpapers show the quantities again for extra practice



• by showing numbers and quantity together, the book teaches the essential skills of fast number and quantity recognition



• plus, rhyming text and wordplay make it fun to read aloud, as well as to look at