How many bugs in a box? Book

Title: How Many Bugs in a Box?: A Pop Up Counting Book
Author: David A. Carter
Genre: Counting book, Moveable book
Theme(s): Counting/ numbers
Opening line/ sentence:
How many bugs are in the red box?
Brief book summary:
This book consists of a different colored box on each page. Upon lifting each flap, a certain number of bugs are revealed. Each page contains a different kind of bug, as well as one more bug than the previous page. The illustrations are colorful and creative, capturing the attention of a young audience learning to count very well.
Professional Recommendation/Review #1:
Marilyn Courtot (Children's Literature) 
David Carter is a paper engineer who creates very clever books. This board book version of his original large format pop-up is a real delight. Kids learning to count will enjoy pulling the tabs to see the strange and colorful array of bugs that appear. Carter s imagination has run wild as he presents four fast fleas in a small box and five mellow-yellow fish bugs in a big blue box. Not only are numbers presented with a chance to count all the little critters, other concepts, such as size and color, are also part of the text. It is fun, funny, and educational, and it will hold up to many tugs by little hands.
Professional Recommendation/Review #2:
Publishers Weekly (Publishers Weekly) 
Raising the flaps on each spread of this lift-up counting book reveals fanciful insects in increasing numbers, from "one tough bug'' with barbells, to ``seven space bugs'' surrounded by stars and planets, to ``ten saw bugs,'' whose snouts indeed consist of saws. Startlingly bright illustrations and elaborate paper engineering should attract young children's attention. However, the cleverness to the made-up insects varies widely; groups such as ``three pretty bugs'' and ``nine very long-necked bugs'' seem rather tame in contrast to the rest.
Response to Two Professional Reviews:
Both reviews mention the "fun" aspect of the book due to the lift-up flaps that each page contains. They also both mention the colorful illustrations that David Carter has produced of the bugs. They both reference the fact that this book does more than just teach children how to count, it presents the children with different sizes and colors, as well.
Evaluation of Literary Elements:
The plot is kept rather simple in this book, as its sole purpose is teaching children how to count. The illustrations are quite creative and colorful, drawing the attention of the reader and making them want to read and count more. The book has been designed for anyone who is learning to count, it is successful in my opinion in teaching children how to count.
Consideration of Instructional Application:
In my future classroom, I will read this book to my children with the intentions of allowing each child a turn to come up and lift the flap. This might require reading the book on several occasions so that every child has a chance. I will read the question on the page that has to do with how many bugs are in the box, after I will call on a child to tell me the answer and to lift the flap to see if they are correct.