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Children's Booklist - Books You Can COUNT On


Title: Arlene Alda's 1 2 3
Author: Alda, Arlene
Summary: A collection of photographs of things in our environment that resemble the numbers one through ten.


Title: Frogs Jump: A counting Book
Author: Brooks, Alan
Summary: Illustrations provide humorous interpretations of the actions of animals from one frog to twelve whales.


Title: What's Cookin'?: A Happy Birthday Counting Book
Author: Coffelt, Nancy
Summary: One by one, ten cooks arrive to help bake a great big birthday surprise.


Title: 100th Day Worries
Author: Cuyler, Margery
Summary: Jessica worries about collecting 100 objects to take to class for the 100th day of school.


Title: One Guinea Pig Is Not Enough
Author: Duke, Kate
Summary: A little guinea pig is quite lonely until, one by one, nine others, plus ten of their moms or dads, add to the general excitement.


Title: Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On
Author: Ehlert, Lois
Summary: A counting book depicting the colorful fish a child might see if he turned into a fish himself.


Title: Ten Silly Dogs: A Countdown Story
Author: Flather, Lisa
Summary: A backwards counting story about ten silly dogs running in the park, racing through a lot, going for a swim, and engaging in other activities that gradually leave each of them behind one at a time.


Title: Count!
Author: Fleming, Denise
Summary: The antics of lively and colorful animals present the numbers one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty.


Title: One Lonely Seahorse
Author: Freymann, Saxton
Summary: One lonely sea horse learns that she has a lot of friends--friends she can really count on.


Title: Counting Kids
Author: Golding, Kim
Summary: Rhyming text and photographs of children present the numbers from one to ten, with each photograph containing the quantity of the numeral being represented.


Title: Nine Naughty Kittens
Author: Jennings, Linda
Summary: A rhyming counting lift-the-flap book.


Title: Ten Rosy Roses
Author: Merriam, Eve
Summary: Ten rosy roses stand in a line until, one by one, ten children pick them.


Title: Monster Math
Author: Miranda, Anne
Summary: A counting book in which a little monster's birthday party gets out of control.


Title: Dogs, Dogs, Dogs!
Author: Newman, Leslea
Summary: A counting book featuring dogs engaged in various activities, from walking through the city all alone to slurping up a fallen ice cream cone.


Title: Mouse By Mouse: A Counting Adventure
Author: Noonan, Julie
Summary: Helps young readers' counting skills, showing how a solitary mouse's lonely day becomes a fun-filled ten-mouse adventure.


Title: Ten Dirty Pigs: Ten Clean Pigs
Author: Roth, Carol
Summary: In rhyming stories printed back to back, pigs from one to ten take baths to clean up and then get dirty again.


Title: Sheep Asleep
Author: Rothstien, Gloria
Summary: Ten sheep who don't want to go to sleep have fun counting down to bedtime.


Title: Barn Cat: A Counting Book
Author: Saul, Carol P.
Summary: Because she's looking for something special, the great barn cat notices but shows no interest in the activities of the animals which can be counted around her.


Title: Night Lights
Author: Schnur, Steven
Summary: Each night before going to bed, Melinda counts the lights, from one seashell on the nursery wall to a million twinkling stars.


Title: In My Garden: A Counting Book
Author: Schumaker, Ward
Summary: In this garden the reader learns to count from one watering can to ten snails, from twenty weepy onions to fifty cherry pies and even to 233 peas.


Title: Millions of Snowflakes
Author: Siddals, Mary McKenna
Summary: As snow begins to fall, a child counts the flakes, enjoying every one.


Title: Among the Odds & Evens: A Tale of Adventure
Author: Turner, Priscilla
Summary: When X and Y crash in the land of Wontoo, they cannot understand how the Numbers live the way they do, until they not only get used to it, but decide they want to stay in Wontoo.


Title: A Frog in the Bog
Author: Wilson, Karma
Summary: A frog in the bog grows larger and larger as he eats more and more bugs, until he attracts the attention of an alligator who puts an end to his eating.


Title: Animal Antics From 1 to 10
Author: Wojtowycz, David
Summary: A counting book in which zany animal characters engage in improbable activities in an unusual hotel.