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K-Gr 3—This book's pen-and-ink landscapes with hidden numbers recall Arthur Geisert's etchings in Pigs from 1 to 10 (Houghton, 1992). While Young's scenes are simpler, the mood created by the cream and black palette is similar, and both artists are preoccupied with contraptions and camouflage. Here, the opening spreads are wordless. From a vantage point behind 10 plump, black birds, viewers watch as the creatures proceed across a wide expanse toward a river and bridge visible below the high horizon line. Their destination is to a c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In a clever, handsomely illustrated counting book, ten sleekly plump birds, with wings rather small for their bulk, endeavor to cross a river. Happening on some odd mechanical devices, each contrives its own transport—catapult, kite, balloon—and also (with the same materials) constructs a numeral telling how many birds are left. Meanwhile, each is described in report-card ling...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

In a clever, handsomely illustrated counting book, ten birds, described in report-card lingo ("Brilliant"; "Highly Satisfactory") endeavor to cross a ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More