Crayon Counting Bk [Paperback]

Pam Munoz Ryan (Author), Jerry Pallotta (Author), Frank, Jr. Mazzola (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up | Grade Level: P and up

This colorful rhyme teaches counting by twos--two different ways. First, children use the even numbers to count up to 24. Then, they start over with the odd numbers. Along the way readers learn ususal colors, such as purple hairstreak and emerald boa--borrowed from Jerry Pallotta's alphabet books.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

In a high-tech approach to a low-tech subject, computer-generated crayons strike different poses on each page of this surprisingly animated counting book. The crayons appear in rows, pyramids and pairs do-si-do-ing in a line; they stand on their heads and lie in piles. The rhyming text counts by twos, first by even numbers ("A set of twins joins the color scheme,/ which brings the count to precisely sixteen"), then by odds ("Seventeen pastels, delicate and light/ Nineteen hotshots, bold and bright"). While the reader is ostensibly counting crayons from a box of 24, she must suspend disbelief: obviously there would not be 11 greens (with names like "iguana," "wasabi" and "emerald tree boa"), much less 15 blues, within a particular assortment. It's a slight book, but a colorful one. Ages 3-8.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Author: Pam Muñoz Ryan

Pam lives in California with her husband and four children. She often speaks at schools and conferences about writing and literacy.

Jerry Pallotta
Author

Jerry has written many books for Charlesbridge, including The Icky Bug Alphabet Book, Dory Story, and The U.S. Navy Alphabet Book. Jerry lives in Massachusetts with his wife and four children.

Author/Illustrator: Frank Mazzola, Jr.

Frank Mazzola, Jr. is the author/illustrator of Counting Is for the Birds (1997) and the illustrator of The Ocean Alphabet Book (1986) and The Crayon Counting Book (1996). He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Cindy, where they watch the birds that feed at their five bird feeders.

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Paperback: 32 pages
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing (August 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0881069531
• ISBN-13: 978-0881069532
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #487,469 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

PAM Muñoz Ryan is the author of more that thirty books for young readers, including four beloved novels, Riding Freedom, Esperanza Rising, Becoming Naomi León, and Paint the Wind, which collectively have garnered, among countless accolades, the Pura Belpré Medal, the Jane Addams Award, and the Schneider Family Award. She lives in Southern California with her family. You can visit her at www.PamMunozRyan.com.