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One sun, two eyes and a million stars

Stobbs, Joanna//Stobbs, William

Learn to count numbers one to twenty with bright pictures that correspond to each number.

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counting, critical thinking, numbers, sequence

Up to ten and down again

Ernst, Lisa Campbell

Four boys and five girls come in two cars to the park to play and have a picnic lunch. They bring along six balls, seven boats, and eight baskets.

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clouds, counting, duck, food, friendship, numbers, nutrition, pets, picnic, play, pond, rain, toys

Aaron and gayla's counting book

Greenfield, Eloise

Two African American children explore numbers on a rainy day. The children play in the rain, counting all the things they see.

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african american, counting, friendship, fun, learning, multicultural, numbers, rain, weather

Time to wake up! Sammie the dog helps his friend get ready for school. How many minutes will it take to get ready for school? Help Sammie count the minutes it takes to get things done: eat breakfast, brush teeth, get dressed, give hugs, and go off to school.

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affection, animals, clothing, counting, dog, food, helping, hygiene, morning, numbers, nutrition, pets, preparation, routine, school, sequence, teeth, time

Numbers

Reiss, John J

Numbers are everywhere!There are 6 birthday candles, 13 cakes, 14 bananas, 15 grapefruit and 19 radishes. Counting is fun if you do it with food.

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colors, counting, food, numbers, nutrition, sequence

One dancing drum

Kredenser, Gail//Mack, Stanley

Let's build a band by counting!Has numbers written in words and has 10 different instruments. This will help you recognize number words and colors.

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collection, colors, counting, instruments, music, numbers, sequence

How many teeth?

Showers, Paul

Losing and growing teeth are events that all children experience as they grow up. Learning how this process occurs and learning about the functions of teeth can be interesting and fun.

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baby, concepts, generations, growing up, health, hygiene, numbers, parents, rhyme, school, teeth

Reese's pieces count by fives

Pallotta, Jerry

Counting by fives is not always an easy task, but with the help of construction vehicles and Reese's Pieces candy, the task can be accomplished. First, count to ten by ones then to one hundred by fives. Hopefully a tasty snack will await you in the end.

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comparisons, construction, cooperation, counting, food, hard work, numbers, nutrition, sequence, transportation, truck

The perfect pancake

Kahl, Virginia

A Good Wife makes only one perfect pancake for each person in town until one day a beggar comes along and tricks her into cooking enough until everyone was satisfied.

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community, deception, food, friendship, hunger, neighbors, numbers, nutrition, overeating, rhyme

One hundred is a family

Ryan, Pam Munoz

Families can be made up of one to one hundred people joined by heritage, community, friendship, and love, all working together for a better life.

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community, counting, exercise, family, farm, food, generations, neighbors, numbers, nutrition, recreation, traditions

The orange book

McGuire, Richard

Fourteen oranges grow on a tree. Many different things happen to these oranges. Some become a snack, some are used in a juggling act, and others are made into juice.

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colors, counting, food, numbers, nutrition, plants

One lighthouse, one moon

Lobel, Anita

Nini the cat takes an exciting journey in which he discovers the concepts of color, days of the week, months of the year, and numbers. Nini sees a different colored pair of shoes each day of the week, explores a variety of activities during each month of the year, and counting the sights that surround the sea where he finally comes to one hundred stars and one moon lighting up the sky around the lighthouse.

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birth, boat, christmas, clothing, colors, Days of The Week, discovery, exploration, flag, fourth of july, goose, hanukkah, holidays, month, moon, numbers, pelican, sea, seagull, seasons, sequence, sky, stars, thanksgiving, valentine's day, whale

Sam and the tigers: A new telling of little black sambo

Lester, Julius

A boy named Sam picks out bright clothes for his first day of school. On his way to school he runs into some tigers who want to eat him but he trades his bright clothes for his life. His bright clothes cause such a ruckus among the tigers that they fight each other and Sam gets his clothes back.

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adventures, african american, anger, animals, art, author's note, clothing, colors, conflict resolution, elephant, fable, family, feelings, fight, food, fox, giraffe, hunger, lion, monkey, multicultural, numbers, nutrition, school, tiger, umbrella, wolf

The magical, mystical, marvelous coat

Cullen, Catherine Ann

Each day of the week, a young girl goes out searching for something new to see. Each day she encounters someone who needs the help of one of the six buttons on her magical coat. They are all grateful of the young girl's kindness and help. After helping each of them, her magic runs out on Sunday.

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adventures, alliteration, animals, birds, clothing, cold, Days of The Week, elves, giants, giving, helping, imagination, loneliness, magic, nonverbal communication, numbers, rabbit, safety, sequence, ship, snake, storm, sun, swan, transportation, weather

123 pop!

Isadora, Rachel

Pop!The numbers 1-1,000,000 are counted through pop art, ranging from astronauts, fish, and gargolyes to animals, flowers, and food. Can you count 1,000 jellybeans and 1,000,000 stars?

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animals, astronaut, body parts, buildings, change, chimpanzee, colors, counting, dancing, fish, flowers, food, heroism, numbers, performance, sequence, sounds, stars, symbols

Over in the ocean: In a coral reef

Berkes, Marianne

Count one through 10 while using rhymes to talk about different activities between mother fishes and their babies. Move to the rhythm of this poem about ocean creatures !

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animals, author's note, counting, dolphin, fish, illustrator's note, music, numbers, ocean, octopus, pattern, poetry, repetition, rhyme, rhythm, song, starfish

The stingy baker

Greeson, Janet

Jan is a stingy baker. When a woman enters his cookie shop and asks for a bakers dozen, Jan refuses to give her an extra free cookie. The woman puts an evil spell on Jan. When Jan finally gives her a bakers dozen of cookies, the spell is broken.

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careers, family, folktale, food, greed, numbers, nutrition, parents

Caps for sale

Slobodkina, Esphyr

A man who sells hats falls asleep with his hats on. When he wakes up, his hats have all disappeared so he spends the rest of the day trying to find them.

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careers, clothing, colors, lost, nonverbal communication, numbers, peer resistance, sleep, stress management

I know how we fight germs

Rowan, Kate

How do we get sick?Join Sam and his mom as they talk about germs and their bodies. Help them figure out how bodies fight off enemy germs.

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animals, body parts, caring, cat, chicken pox, cleanliness, clothing, cold, critical thinking, diseases, elephant, family, garden, health, hygiene, illness, imagination, numbers, parents, plants, pretend, rescue, school, science, sizes, teaching, verbal communication

The wildlife 123: A nature counting book

Thornhill, Jan

Through the use of beautiful animals and wildlife, children learn how to count with numbers and words. The sequence is 1-20, 25, 50, 100, and 1000 Nature notes describe the animals in great deal at the end of the book.

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alphabet, animals, birds, counting, fish, insects, nature, numbers, sequence

The gummi bear counting book

Boegehold, Lindley

One lonely bear sits by himself and has nothing to do. He is joined by another, and eventually is joined by eight more. They all participate in several fun activities together.

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animals, balloon, bear, colors, counting, dancing, exercise, food, glasses, numbers, party, rhyme, sequence, sleep, sun, swimming

The baseball counting book

McGrath, Barbara Barbieri

Smell the hot dogs, hear the crowd, see the ball soar. Time for a baseball game!Count from 1-20 while having baseball fun.

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baseball, body parts, celebration, clothing, competition, counting, excitement, food, games, multicultural, numbers, nutrition, rules, sequence, sports

How much is a million?

Schwartz, David M.

Marvelosissimo the Mathematical Magician and the kids explore what the number million means. Just exactly how much is a million?If you wanted to count from one to one million, it would take about 23 days!Marvelosissimo looks at different ways of seeing big numbers in the context of ordinary things.

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alliteration, awareness, balloon, comparisons, counting, moon, nonverbal communication, numbers, planet, stars, time, verbal communication

Gathering a northwoods counting book

Bowen, Betsy

Starting in May, the winter countdown begins. Preparation activities are described using the numbers one through thirteen. For example, winter countdown includes five blueberries and six bags of rice.

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amphibians, animals, autumn, bear, bodies of water, bus, counting, exercise, family, fish, food, friendship, goal setting, helping, lake, numbers, nutrition, preparation, responsibilities, river, seasons, self esteem, skiing, snow, spring, summer, teamwork, toad, transportation, weather, winter, woods

One potato: A counting book of potato prints

Pomeroy, Diane

A counting book that counts from one to ten and then counts by tens to one hundred. Potato prints are used to paint the pictures of fruits, vegetables, seeds, and flowers which are incorporated as counting tools.

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art, author's note, colors, counting, flowers, food, fruit, math, numbers, nutrition, seeds, sequence, vegetables

The philharmonic gets dressed

Kuskin, Karla

The members of the philharmonic get ready for a performance. Their routines and all the things they have to do before the concert are discussed.

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appearance, bath, clothing, critical thinking, decision making, goal setting, hearing, listening, music, numbers, performance, preparation, sounds, verbal communication

The story of the four little children who went round the world

Lear, Edward

Four children decide to take an adventure around the world on a boat. They come to find many different lands with strange scenery.

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adventures, apathy, boat, conflict resolution, critical thinking, decision making, exploration, family, nonverbal communication, numbers, siblings, transportation, verbal communication

10 minutes till bedtime

Rathmann, Peggy

When dad yells 10 minutes till bedtime, the hamster parade shows up to take you on a tour to get ready for bed. From the kitchen to the bath and the bedroom the hamsters help along each step of the way to make getting ready for bed fun.

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animation, bath, bedtime, books, chaos, counting, creativity, family, fun, hygiene, love, numbers, parents, routine, sequence, teeth, time, toys

Hooway for wodney wat

Lester, Helen

Rodney Rat is constantly made fun of by his classmates because he cannot pronounce his r's. Rodney saves the day and earns respect from his classmates when he saves them from the class bully.

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alliteration, animals, bully, conflict resolution, feelings, geography, numbers, peer resistance, playground, rat, sadness, school, self esteem, shyness, speech, teasing, verbal communication

One wolf howls

Cohn, Scotti

The months of the year and the numbers 1 through 12 are used in rhyming text to introduce children to the behavior of wolves in natural settings.

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activities, adaptation, animals, author's note, family, hunting, math, month, numbers, seasons, weather, wolf

Ten dirty pigs: An upside-down, turn-around bathtime counting book

Roth, Carol

One dirty pig gets into the tub, but what happens when all ten pigs take a bath?See what happens when all ten are clean and you must turn the book around and upside-down to count again.

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animals, bath, body parts, cleanliness, clothing, cooperation, counting, direction, hygiene, nonverbal communication, numbers, pig, play, rhyme, sequence

Pigs from 1 to 10

Geisert, Arthur

Throughout the book, you try to find 10 pigs and the numbers 0-9 in the pictures. A group of pigs are trying to find a place that their mother told them about.

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adventures, animals, assertiveness, books, goal setting, mountains, numbers, pig

Five little monkeys jumping on the bed

Christelow, Eileen

Five little monkey experience the consequences of jumping on the bed because their mama called the doctor and the doctor said, No more monkeys jumping on the bed!

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animals, bedtime, concepts, counting, decision making, disobedience, excitement, exercise, family, feelings, happiness, health, injury, jumping, monkey, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, playing, safety, siblings, verbal communication

One duck stuck

Root, P.

One duck gets stuck in the muck down by the marsh. Creatures by the marsh try to help him get free. Creatures come first two, then three, then adding one every time. No one can free the duck by themselves but as a team, the duck is freed.

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alliteration, animals, conflict resolution, counting, cricket, dragonfly, duck, fish, frog, helping, moose, numbers, opossum, rhyme, sequence, skunk, snail, snake, stress management, teamwork, verbal communication

$Eating fractions$

Eating fractions

McMillan, Bruce

Using foods like muffins and pizza, two children divide up and share food in three quantities (one-half, one-third and one-fourth).

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animals, author's note, concepts, counting, dog, food, math, numbers, nutrition, recipe, sequence, sharing

A penguin pup for Pinkerton

Kellogg, Steven

At school, Emily learns about penguins and how they care for their young. When Emily tells her dog, Pinkerton, about penguins, he begins to dream of having a penguin pup of his own. He even begins to think that his football is a penguin egg and waits for it to hatch. Later, Pinkerton steals a football from a football game. Emily and her family give Pinkerton a baby penguin of his own that he can care for.

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adoption, adventures, animals, baby, birds, counting, dog, dreams, football, numbers, parents, penguin, sports

Wag wag wag

Hansard, Peter

At a county fair, there are 500 seeds in one pumpkin. Also, there are 10 cents in one dime, 8 horses on one merry-go-round, 4 wheels on one wagon, and so on.

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animals, bee, cooperation, cow, critical thinking, fair, food, individuality, insects, nonverbal communication, numbers, self esteem, stars, uniqueness

Demi's count the animals 1-2-3

Demi.

Can you count from number one to one hundred while viewing animals and learning a number rhyme?

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animals, assertiveness, counting, numbers, rhyme, sequence

Jeanne-marie counts her sheep

Francoise.

Jeanne-Marie and her sheep, Patapone, sit and discuss how many sheep Patapone will have one day. They talk about what they can get and do. Paptapone only has one lamb but is happy.

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animals, counting, critical thinking, friendship, numbers, sheep, verbal communication

The right number of elephants

Sheppard, Jeff

Different numbers of elephants are needed for different jobs.

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animals, careers, counting, decision making, elephant, numbers, responsibilities

The gummy candy counting book

Hutchings, Amy//Hutchings, Richard

Gummy candy is fun to eat, but it can be just as fun to count too!Learning to count from one to twelve is made easy through rhyming. Vivid photographs of assorted gummies helps to make exploring sets of numbers interesting and more meaningful.

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animals, colors, counting, food, numbers, nutrition, photograph, rhythm, sequence

One fish, two fish, red fish, blue fish

Seuss, Dr.

The differences in people and animals are compared using colors and numbers.

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animals, colors, comparisons, counting, creativity, differences, fish, imagination, numbers, rhyme, sequence

Cook-a-doodle-doo!

Stevens, Janet//Crummel, Susan Stevens

Inspired by his hunger, Rooster decides to become a cook. Aided by his friends Turtle, Iguana, and Pig, the four chefs follow a recipe. Cooking terms like sifting, measuring, and beating are learned through their silly misunderstandings as they make the best strawberry shortcake ever.

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animals, books, chicken, communication, cooking, counting, five senses, food, hunger, iguana, math, numbers, nutrition, pig, recipe, sequence, teamwork, time, turtle

So many cats!

de Regniers, Beatrice Schenk

Counting helps explain how a family ended up with a dozen cats.

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animals, cat, counting, decision making, family, numbers, pets, sequence

Tortillas and lullabies: Tortillas y cancioncitas

Reiser, Lynn

The relationship between mother and daughter is seen in one girl's family. Each generation of women in the family makes tortillas, picks flowers, washes clothes, and sings lullabies. The little girl does these same things for her doll. This story is told in both English and Spanish.

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activities, aging, animals, author's note, birds, cat, chicken, cleanliness, clothing, counting, differences, dog, dolls, family, flowers, food, generations, grandparents, horse, language, love, multicultural, numbers, nutrition, parents, pattern, relationship, sequence, song, spanish

Jamberry

Degen, Bruce

A boy and his bear friend love berries. They rhyme about berry picking while walking in the forest and decide what they are going to do with their berries.

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animals, assertiveness, bear, exercise, food, forest, nonverbal communication, numbers, nutrition, recreation, rhyme, sequence

Let's count it out, jesse bear

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Join Jesse Bear on his trip to an amusement park. Jesse Bear counts everything from his shoes to the bumper cars to the stars in the sky.

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activities, adventures, affection, animals, beach, bear, birds, clowns, counting, excitement, feelings, fun, happiness, love, numbers, poetry, rain, rhyme, stars, weather

Baby duck and the bad eyeglasses

Hest, Amy

Baby duck dislikes her new eyeglasses. She believes they look bad and hinder her ability to play. Her grandpa convinces her that her glasses are not so terrible after all.

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animals, baby, birds, boat, bodies of water, change, colors, conflict resolution, counting, dancing, duck, embarrassment, exercise, family, glasses, grandparents, health, lake, music, nonverbal communication, numbers, parents, park, play, reading, self esteem, sight, song, sun, verbal communication, vision, walking

Bearabics: A hip-hop counting story

Parker, Vic

Where's all that music coming from?It's bear doing his bearobics!Everyone wants to get in on the action, so kangaroos start hopping, penguins start sliding, and ants start marching. Soon everyone is doing that cool bearobics thing.

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amphibians, animals, ant, bear, birds, counting, dancing, exercise, frog, gorilla, insects, kangaroo, mouse, music, nonverbal communication, numbers, ostrich, penguin, rabbit, reptiles, rhythm, snake, tiger

The looking book: A hide-and-seek counting story

Hoberman, Mary Ann

Nod sets out to look for his lost cat. He finds Pistachio on page 28 in a box.

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adventures, animals, cat, conflict resolution, determination, goal setting, lost, numbers, rhyme

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