The Oreo Cookie Counting Book [Board book]

Catherine Lukas (Author), Victoria Raymond (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2000 | Age Level: 2 and up

Children will love to count down as ten little OREOs are dunked, nibbled, and stacked one by one...until there are none!

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

A companion to the Reading Together series, Math Together offers young children and their parents an integrated approach to mathematical concepts. Each of the two boxed setsAthe Yellow Set is for children ages three and up, the Green Set for children ages five and upAcontains six paperback books by as many different illustrators and authors (among them Cynthia Jabar and Russell Ayto). Many of the books have been previously published, but here each appears with endnotes directed to parents, identifying the mathematical concepts introduced in the story and suggesting ways to reinforce those concepts with children. For example, Jez Alborough's lift-the-flap tale Clothesline, in which readers are asked to guess the animal owners of different items hanging out to dry, is said to introduce the idea of probability; parents are given tips to help children articulate their reasoning as they make choices and decisions. (Candlewick, $19.99 each Yellow Set ISBN 0-7636-0947-1; Green Set -0954-4; Aug.) ~ The author and one of the illustrators who served up The Cheerios Counting Book, Barbara Barbieri McGrath and Frank Mazzola Jr., now perform a similar service for another cereal and its fans in Kellogg's Froot Loops! Counting Fun Book. The diecut board book features Toucan Sam in a tropical setting; rhymed text focuses on numbers one through 10. Cutouts on right-hand pages invite children to place the called-for number of Froot Loops right in the book. (HarperFestival, $5.99 16p ages 2-5 ISBN 0-694-01506-7; Aug.) ~ Another number book with a grocery store tie-in, the diecut board book The Oreo Cookie Counting Book by Sarah Albee, illus. by Victoria Raymond, begins with 10 Oreos all in a line ("Dunk one in a glass of milk, And now there are... 9") and continues until "there are... none!" The art, made of molded clays, prominently features the cookies; the final spread also displays an Oreo package. A coupon for Mini Oreos is included. (S&S/Little Simon, $5.99 22p ages 2-5 ISBN 0-689-83489-6; Sept.)
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 2 and up
  
• Board book: 11 pages
• Publisher: Little Simon; Brdbk edition (September 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689834896
• ISBN-13: 978-0689834899
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 6.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,043,104 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Sarah Albee writes children's books for many age groups and under a number of pseudonyms. She has had three of her books appear on the New York Times Bestseller list. Before she began her career as a children's book writer and editor, Sarah was a newspaper cartoonist and a semi-professional basketball player. These days she lives in Connecticut with her husband and three children.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars The Oreo Cookie Counting Book, August 25, 2004

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Cheryl (Nebraksa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Oreo Cookie Counting Book (Board book)

Wow, this is amazing. Nothing but a marketing ploy by a large company producing worthless food. Oreo cookies for adults who can make their own decisions about eating heavily processed foods loaded with sugar and trans-fats is one thing, but for kids? There is enuf pressure in the world for kids to eat terrible things for them... the junk food industry should stay out of kids books.

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget the kid and keep it your self, December 27, 2004

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bernie "webviator" (Arlington, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Oreo Cookie Counting Book (Board book)

This is a cute book that is very sturdy (glossy surfaced card board.) The Oreo design adds to the fun. I bought this to set next to the Agatha Christie book And Then There Were None.

The basic story or scheme is that one starts out with 10 cookies. Through a series of events the cookies disappear one by one until...

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Holy Marketing Strategy!, July 7, 2006

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L. Hirsch (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA) - See all my reviews
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Kids get bombarded at every angle with the message that junk food is fun, kid-friendly, and harmless. Now it's educational? I would run, not walk, from any book like this. If you want your kid to count food, at least pick something nutritious. There's no need to line Nabisco's pockets at the expense of your children's health. They'll get the junk food message everywhere else--let's at least try to keep it out our children's books.