Cheerios Counting Book [Paperback]

Will Mcgrath (Author), Barbara Mcgrath (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

Text and illustrations of the familiar O-shaped cereal help the reader count to ten and add groups of ten.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

What could be more fun than playing with your food? If you're a toddler, not much. So this simple counting book based on the well-loved breakfast cereal has a lot going for it before even being opened, and once it is cracked open, it doesn't disappoint. Big, colorful numerals stand out boldly on a white background, framed by more bright colors. Familiar little toasty O's and luscious-looking pieces of fruit match the number specified on each page: three Cheerios, three strawberries, and a little blurb--"Count O's here/ Say one, two, three!"--all support learning the number 3. One through 10 all share this format; the simplified 11 to 19 appear on a veritable fruit salad of a page, and the climactic 20 claims its own page opposite: "Eat twenty O's when the counting is done!"

Make breakfast time count with this tasty little board book! For more flavorful (if less healthy) counting lessons, see some of Barbara Barbieri McGrath's other books: Hershey's Kisses: Counting Board Book and The M&M's Brand Chocolate Candies Counting Board Book. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 1-A straightforward teaching tool for learning counting skills. The Cheerios are arranged in organized patterns from 1 to 10, and then from 10 to 100 by increments of 10. Each page has a corresponding number of fruit pieces (banana slices, strawberries, blueberries, etc.) arranged around the borders. Unfortunately, the numbers from 11 to 19 are listed on one page without any pictorial representation. The double-page spreads have an attractive, uncluttered look with white space used effectively. The numbers and illustrations are large enough to be seen by a group. The text is simple with an occasional rhyme, "You can count cereal./What fun it will be!/ See one./Here are two./Now there are three." More clever and unique books about this concept exist, but cereal is an easy-to-access material, and this title could be a useful starting place for children doing their own counting.
Adele Greenlee, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Cartwheel (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0590683578
• ISBN-13: 978-0590683579
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #292,697 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very cute!, February 8, 2002

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apoem "apoem" (Bosque Farms, NM USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Cheerios Counting Book (Hardcover)

This is very cute. I think it is a great way to introduce children to counting by ones and counting by tens through manipulatives. And this comes from someone who doesn't like to buy into free advertising (in other words to have cheerio shoved down my child's eyes when I buy the book). But this is a great book.

Two thoughts- we have another cheerio book that has the place to put the cheerios as a little hole and my son likes that better. And, although the cover of this book lays flat, the pages do not. I had to put a little crease in the pages back by the spine so they would lay flat. This way my son's cheerios (or fakios) won't slip off the page.

Cute book though.

Enjoy.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting "Edu-mercial", October 21, 2000

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This review is from: Cheerios Counting Book (Paperback)

We have the paperback version of this book. I never imagined that it was an actual "book"; I thought it was just a gimic book that the company sold through its cereal. Having said that, it's not a bad book.

First, the book counts from one to ten, with one number per page. Each page has the number, a picture of that number of Cheerios, a rhyming verse containing the number, and a picture of a different kind of fruit, also demonstrating the number. The rhymes are OK, but not quite natural. As we read each page, I like to count the number of Cheerios. In doing so it's hard to keep the rhyme going. Also, if we stop to notice (or count) the fruit, the rhyme tends to get lost.

Next, the book counts from eleven to twenty on two facing pages. There's lots of fruit to see here, too. The next two pages count to 100 by tens, with the second page having (what I assume to be) one hundred Cheerios on it. Zero is the number on the last page: it "is the number you get when you're done."

This last quote brings me to a likely picky point. The book uses contractions. For this reason, it probably won't serve double duty as an easy reader.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great 1 through 20 book!, August 14, 2004

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V. Basler "mommgyver" (Milpitas, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cheerios Counting Book (Hardcover)

I bought this book because my daughter (18 months)loves Cheerios. This is a great book for number recognition and practicing counting. The numbers 1 through ten are on each page with pieces/slices of fruit and cheerios to count. For example for number 3, a large number three is at the center of the page with 3 pieces of cheerios at the bottom with 3 strawberries at the top. The numbers 11 through 20 are respresented in one page with only the numbers showing.

If you are looking for a book to teach numbers 1 through 20, this is a great book!