Count Your Way Through the Arab World [Paperback]

James Haskins (Author), Dana Gustafson (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1987 | Age Level: 4 and up | Series: Count Your Way

Uses Arabic numerals from one to ten to introduce concepts about Arab countries and Arab culture.

--This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

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From School Library Journal

Grade 1-4 Four books that introduce a foreign country through counting from one to ten. Each double-page spread shows the number, the character or word for it, the pronunciation, and a full-color illustration. There is also a brief paragraph that gives a few facts about various aspects of life in that country. In the China volume, for example, children read about the two pandas donated to the U.S. in 1972, the five-tone scale, and the ten major dynasties. The kinds of topics vary and seem to be determined in part by what facts Haskins found to illustrate each number. Some information fits well into this format: the importance of prayer five times a day for a Muslim, for example. Others are stretched to fit the point and are not very significant, such as ``The Japanese character for the words `how many' requires seven strokes.'' Many of the topics will require further explanation. Haskins does little more than list the seven zones of vegetation in China, for example. The books may find a place as introductory material in social studies, but they are limited by the fact that format determined content. Kathy Piehl, Mankato State University, Minn.
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Library Binding edition.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 24 pages
• Publisher: Carolrhoda Books (January 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876144873
• ISBN-13: 978-0876144879
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,517,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars Count Your Way Through the mind of the writer of Arab World, July 4, 2000

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Hyder Aswad (Raheen, Limerick Ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Count Your Way Through the Arab World (Paperback)

The book was a disappointment to my kids and me. The book focused on very unrealistic pictures of the Arab ways. The book didn't count through the 24 countries but focused on the writer imagination of what the Arab world like. Sands, Camels, desert and market the Arab world is a modern beautiful cities. There were no Arabic words through out the book to let the kids learn basic greetings. My kids had a look at it for a minute and they lost interest straight a way. The Arabic numbers are badly displayed and they are clearly were put manually after the book was laid out. We need to give our kids an education that's why we are spending the money buying these series. I will not buy any of the other book series since I had a look at this one.