From School Library Journal
PreS - Focusing on the activities of 10 toddling little ones, this inane volume offers nothing but a series of rhymed stereotypes. Young readers will fail to recognize many of the elements (e.g., "8 redneck babies riding bluetick hounds - /"One hid in kudzu on the red dirt ground") or just won't care about others ("5 redneck babies chomped watermelon./One made tracks - where to? No tellin'!"). While Ward manages to improve on the material she's saddled with, her babies are still cutesy and indistinguishable except for their different hairdos and clothing (diapers or overalls). The compositions are often cluttered, though the colors are pleasant and many of the details amusing. Stick with more enticing counting books such as Lorna Read and Jenny Tulip's
One to Ten and Back Again (Brimax, 1999) or Phyllis Root's
One Duck Stuck (Candlewick, 1998).
- Susan Weitz, Spencer-Van Etten Schools, Spencer, NY Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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