Inspired by the traditional favorite, Alice Schertle's irresistible counting rhyme sings and swings along, while Caldecott-winning Emily Arnold McCully's radiant watercolors perfectly capture all the playfulness and tender affection between parent and child. A joyful romp sure to be read again and again, memorized, and cherished.
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PreS-K. As the title implies, this picture book offers a counting rhyme with an affectionate tone. A mother elephant addresses her little one as they engage in a variety of child-centered activities, such as marching with trumpet and drum, playing hide-and-seek, and riding on a little train. The numbers climb from 1 to 10 in the first half of the book, then descend until the end, when the little elephant goes to bed and to sleep. The rhythmic, rhyming verses are mildly engaging. Executed in a looser and more informal style than in many of McCully's previous books, the colorful artwork features playful, large-scale paintings of the elephants and, on every spread, details of two little mice intent on their own activities. Carolyn Phelan
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"McCully's elegant draftsmanship and accomplished, pleasingly old-fashioned painterliness may bring to mind 1950s-era vintage children's books, but the mother-son merriment feels modern and wholly original, as does the wry intelligence evident in the elephant mother's eyes." -Publishers Weekly
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delightful book,
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This book is very sweet with cute, rhyming text and beautiful illustrations. It also captures the love between parent and child in a way that few other children's books do. Highly recommended for the 1-3 age group.
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Really sweet book!,
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This is a really sweet book. My 22-month-old loves it. It is written in the style of 1,2, buckle my shoe, and some of the text is a little bit awkward if you're thinking of that while reading, but it didn't seem to bother my daughter. Overall this is a great book that I enjoy reading to my little one. Nice illustrations and sweet text (I love you all the way up to ten and back down again).
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