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Numbers and Counting

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1-2-3 Peas
by Keith Baker Details
Busy little peas engage in their favorite activities as they introduce the numbers from one to 100.
Chicka Chicka 1,2,3
by Bill Martin Details
Numbers from one to one hundred climb to the top of an apple tree in this rhyming chant.
Count the Sheep to Sleep
by Phlilippa Rae Details
A little girl who is having trouble falling asleep tries counting sheep but the ten wooly creatures have mishaps, one after another, until there are none left to count.
Countdown to Kindergarten
by Allison McGhee Details
Ten days before the start of kindergarten, a preschooler cannot tie her shoes by herself and fears the worst.
Counting Birds
by Jing Jing Tsong Details
Illustrations and rhythmic text depict a tree as it fills with birds, one at a time, each with its own unique song.
How Many Jelly Beans?
by Andrea Menotti Details
"How many jelly beans are enough? How many are too many? Aiden and Emma can't decide. Is ten enough? How about one thousand? That's a lot of jelly beans. But eaten over a whole year, it's only two or three a day. This giant picture book gives kids a fun and easy way to understand large numbers. Starting with ten, each page shows more and more colorful candies, leading up to a giant fold-out surprise--ONE MILLION JELLY BEANS! With bright illustrations and an irresistible extra-large format, How many jelly beans? makes learning about big numbers absolutely scrumptious!"-- Provided by publisher.
I Spy Numbers
by Jean Marzollo Details
Rhyming text invites the reader to find hidden objects representing the numbers from one to ten.
One Two that's My Shoe!
by Allison Murray Details
Illustrations and rhyming text encourage the reader to count from one to ten when a mischievous puppy runs off with his owner's shoe.
Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons
by Eric Litwin Details
Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.
Soup for One
by Ethan Long Details
A little fly who anticipates enjoying a big bowl of hot soup is unexpectedly joined by a sequence of interlopers who help themselves to his lunch one by one until their number reaches ten.
The King Who Wouldn't Sleep
by Debbie Singleton Details
A clever farmer wins the hand of a princess when he uses a counting activity to make the watchful king fall asleep.
Updated 01/15/2013
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