Count with Maisy [Board book]

Lucy Cousins (Author, Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Maisy

Bold, full-color artwork and a simple text follow lovable Maisy as she learns how to count, from one ladybug to six fish to ten fleas, in an appealing counting board book. For children under three."

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Maisy, Lucy Cousins's well-loved mouse, is back in big, bold, board-book format to help little Maisy-keteers learn to count. Maisy finds one ladybug, two flowers, three buckles, four colors, and on up to 10 fleas (probably more than you ever wanted to see in one place). Cousins's signature simple-yet-sweet style renders everything she draws--flowers, goldfish, whiskers, and, yes, even those fleas--something to aww about. (Ages 3 and older)

About the Author

Lucy Cousins is the multi-award-winning creator of Maisy. Her other titles include Jazzy in the Jungle (978-1-84428-477-1) which won the 2002 Gold Smarties Book Prize, Hooray for Fish! (978-1-4063-0156-4) and Za-za's Baby Brother (978-0-7445-7026-7). She lives in Petersfield, Hampshire. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Board book: 22 pages
• Publisher: Candlewick Press; 1st edition (May 7, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 076360156X
• ISBN-13: 978-0763601560
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 8.7 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,038,728 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lucy Cousins is the creator of many wonderful picture books for children, including Yummy: My Favourite Nursery Stories and Hooray for Fish! , as well as her bestselling books about Maisy the mouse. About I'm the Best, she says, "I had the idea for this book after winning a tennis competition. I loved telling all my friends and family about it, but then I realized that I was probably showing off, like Dog!" Lucy Cousins lives in Hampshire with her partner, four children and very fluffy dog.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Taught my toddler to count, September 1, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Count with Maisy (Board book)

Maisy, in this book, was the one who finally taught my toddler to count to ten. Although we often recited the numbers to him, he never seemed to "get it" until his father started reading this book to him every night. Now, not only can he name the objects being counted in the book, but he can count the numbers for you. The book is bright and visually appealing, just right for toddlers.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Find and count with Maisy, November 5, 2008

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Linda Pagliuco "katknit" (CT, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Count with Maisy (Board book)

Count with Maisy is a toddler counting book with a difference, and might better be titled "Find and Count with Maisy." The illustrations, rendered in bright primary hues, lend themselves to a bit more than rote counting, allowing the reader to encourage the child to first look for, then identify, the objects, which helps develop visual discrimination and categorization skills. This is a format that can grow with the child. It can also be read by an older child who enjoys teaching the younger. Good little learning package.

2.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre as counting books go, June 23, 2008

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Nicki Heskin "Editor, Early Childhood and Bre... (Southern California) - See all my reviews
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This book is really nothing special unless your little one is wild about Maisy. It's a simple counting book -- "One ladybug, two flowers, etc." However, the counting items are not featured on the page. And some of them are downright hard to see and count, like 7 steps (on a slide). The pictures are nice and bright and colorful, so two stars for the overall illustrations, but as a counting book, this is very weak. I like "10 little ladybugs" myself. My toddler was counting to 10 at about 14 months..freakish actually, because she liked to pick this to read with my husband and count the VERY easy to see, raised ladybugs on the pages.