Picture Books: Counting | Marion Carnegie Library

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"With a countdown from one to ten and back woven in, this celebration of music and community brings to life a shared moment in a diverse neighborhood where everyone comes together to make one sweet song"--

2) 10 cats

Author

Gravett, Emily

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Follow the lives of ten kittens as they playfully pounce, bat, and swat while their mother sleeps. Buckets of paint quickly turn the kittens--and their sleeping mother--into brilliant works of art. When mama cat wakes up, playtime turns into bath time. Full of playful and engaging art, this inventive cat book creates page after page of spot-the-difference fun perfect for repeat reading.

3) 100 mighty dragons all named Broccoli

Author

LaRochelle, David

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This comical counting adventure follows 100 mighty dragons all named Broccoli as they each embark on their own journey until there's one dragon left, who retreats to a cave for the winter and reemerges in the spring with a special surprise!

4) How to count to one: (and don't even THINK about bigger numbers!)

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Salmon, Caspar

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Get ready to show off your skills in this fun new counting book! But not everything is as it seems . . . is this book really only about counting to "ONE?" Because there are SO MANY fun things that you could count. But wait --maybe there's a way to outsmart the book ... and count all the way up to 100!

5) I want 100 dogs

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McAnulty, Stacy

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After meeting a dog during a walk, a little girl declares that she wants one hundred dogs, but as her parents point out all the difficulties, she gradually reduces the number--until she gets the one dog she really wants.

6) 123 zoom

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Urban, Chiêu Anh

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"Count, touch, and trace from one to ten, whether it's one plane on the runway, two dump trucks on the construction site, or ten bicycles on a bike path. Then fly, sail, race, and count backwards through clouds, ocean, and land to find hidden surprises"--

7) Counting with dim sum =: Gen zhe dian xin shu shu

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Benard, Lacey

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"Counting in two languages is so much fun with our dim sum friends!"--Back cover.

8) Ten animals in Antarctica: a counting book

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Court, Moira

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"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?"--

9) A little book about 123s

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Lionni, Leo

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Learn numbers with a playful group of mice planning a party.

10) From 1 to 10

Author

Hout, Mies van

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From 1 to 10 is a counting book for young children featuring illustrations of animals with countable traits, for example the arms of an octopus or the whiskers of a cat.

11) My Favorite Book of Numbers

12) 7 ate 9: the untold story

Author

Lazar, Tara

Series

Private I

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When 7 is accused of eating 9, worried 6 hires a detective to investigate.

13) Count your chickens

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Bogart, Jo Ellen

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Chickens, chickens everywhere -- going to the county fair! Follow a family of chickens as they prepare for their big outing. You'll see chickens wondering what to wear, baking pies, painting their toes and knitting socks. A stroll through town reveals that everyone else is excited for the festivities too. There are so many sights to see! Over there we see racers sprinting to the finish line. Over here, farmers showing off their best crops. Clowns,...

14) One lonely fish

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Mansfield, Andy

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Turn the page to see a new fish on each spread, and count along as each fish prepares to eat the one before it.

15) Billions of bricks: [a counting book about building]

Author

Cyrus, Kurt

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A counting book that leads readers through the day in the life of a construction worker building with bricks.

16) The very cold, freezing, no-number day

Author

Sorenson, Ashley N

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All the numbers have frozen! Children must trace, blow on, and count the numbers to unfreeze them, and in the process, they will learn colors, seasons, patterns, and numbers.

17) Bear counts

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Wilson, Karma

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As friends Bear and Mouse share a day together, Bear counts various objects, from one to five, and the reader is invited to do the same.

18) Counting 1 to 20

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"Beautiful photos of adorable animals make it fun to learn to count from 1 to 20!"--P.[4] of cover.

19) 10 hooting owls

Author

Allen, Ed

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Follow the owls in this fun counting book, all the way back to the nest.

20) 20 big trucks in the middle of the street

Author

Lee, Mark

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If you're a little boy on a bike, an ice-cream truck on your street is always a welcome sight. But what if the truck breaks down? The ensuing backup of trucks of all types, sizes, and functions offers ample opportunity for ogling--and counting--in this lively story.