Everyone Counts
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
From the bestselling creators of Wild About Books comes a rhyming, counting, and teamwork-focused picture book about the beginnings of a new zoo!
When Takoda the tiger cub happens upon a tumbledown mall, the lone cub imagines a zoo. All Takoda needs is a capable crew to lend a paw or two--or three, four, or more.
Two rhinos, three lemurs, four oryx, and eventually ten crocodiles turn up to help. Soon the animals are finding places to pitch in: bears are carving out burrows, elephants are stomping the way for a playground, and crocodiles are crafting a waterslide.
It seems everyone's got something to do--everyone, that is, except for ten eager bugs. Will they be underestimated for their size or will this be a new kind of zoo where everyone counts?
Judy Sierra's rhymes and Marc Brown's colorful, folk-inspired art lend themselves to themes of counting and teamwork in this new picture book all about how a tiger cub and a whole lot of friends to count on add up to one wonderful zoo.
A Bank Street Best Book of the Year, Outstanding Merit
"The creators of Wild About Books and Wild About You! again demonstrate finely tuned creative teamwork in this nimble tale about cooperation, inclusivity, and the rewards of a job diligently done."--Publishers Weekly
"Sierra's rollicking rhymes are fun to read aloud and listen to, and Brown's gouache and pencil illustrations give children lots of details to pore over. This rhythmic, imaginative romp practically reads itself aloud."--Kirkus
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
The double meaning of its title sets the clever tenor of this book's contents, as playful cumulative verse and peppy gouache and pencil illustrations reveal a menagerie of industrious critters transforming an abandoned mall into a zoo. One tiger cub has the initial vision for the project, and two "rough, tough" rhinos arrive in bulldozers to get things rolling and rudely dismiss a fleet of insects who offer to help: " Not a chance,' said the rhinos./ You bugs are too small.'/ You're pests. You're annoying./ You don't count at all.' " As other animals arrive in increasingly ascending numbers, they tackle some numerically fitting tasks: six giraffes build six tall towers, and nine moose dig a moat ("nine feet deep, nine feet wide"). And 10 crocodiles construct an elaborate waterslide that the rhinos try to claim until the insects reappear and cunningly show the bullies just how annoying they can be. The creators of Wild About Books and Wild About You! again demonstrate finely tuned creative teamwork in this nimble tale about cooperation, inclusivity, and the rewards of a job diligently done. Ages 3 7.
