Reviews for Count!

The average rating for Count! based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-10-22 00:00:00 Randall Kushell The color saturated pages and stylized animals pop out of this counting book. While appreciating the energy and excitement on each page I am not sure children will have the same enthusiasm given their lukewarm interest in Lois Ehlert's "Color Zoo" and "Moon Rope" which use similar eye popping colors. Binding makes a difference and unfortunately my copy has cut off one of the giraffes making it difficult to find five animals. At the end the reader is invited to count by tens. This activity is continued with more lovely artwork but seems out of place in a picture book where children are learning to count from 1 to 10. Reviews: 1) Booklist (Vol. 88, No. 11 (February 1, 1992)) 2) School Library Journal (March 1992) 3) Horn Book (September, 1992) All reviewers rate this book for ages 2-5 so my attempt to generate interest among the K-2 crowd may have missed the developmental mark. Booklist and School Library Journal also mention the potential for adding a physical interaction by mimicing the animal's movements during story time. This tip alone would make me look at this book twice and seriously consider ordering it.

Review # 2 was written on 2012-01-13 00:00:00 Matt Schweyer Fleming's illustration style has improved with her subsequent titles and only by looking at this one was I made aware of her development as an artist. She has placed two types of counting in this book, the basic 1 to 10 and after that she does counting by 10's up to 50. The inclusion of both in the same book I think is confusing to the intended audience.