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PreS-Gr 1 This lively compilation of 24 traditional counting rhymes invites children to explore and chant out numbers. The selections range from familiar ("Baa, baa, black sheep"; "1 potato, 2 potato"; "1, 2, /Buckle my shoe") to less well-known ("Hickery, dickery, /6 and 7, /Alabone, crackabone, /10 and 11, /Spin, spun, /Muskidun, /Twiddle 'em, /Twaddle 'em, /21") and are infused with the rhythm, energy, and colorful language that make them fun to read aloud, bounce to, and repeat again and again. The p...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

As they explain, the Dillons "offer children an invitation to...playful, energetic, magical, even at times mischievous numbers" with rhymes both well- and lesser-known, progressing "from rhymes with smaller numbers to those with larger numbers." Thus, their selection of a couple of dozen rhymes doubles as an offbeat counting book; but their sunny, crisply rendered art does much more: in hono...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

This collection of nursery rhymes doubles as an offbeat counting book. Through sunny, crisply rendered art, the Dillons have c...Log In or Sign Up to Read More