Let's Count
PreSchool-Grade 2 Hoban has been looking through her camera's viewfinder for years, capturing in crisp black-and-white and vivid color photos everyday objects from new, innovative perspectives. Color, textures, sizes, opposites, and other ideas have flowed through her darkroom to create clear impressions. Here, she returns to numbers, inviting children to master counting from 1 to 15, and then, after jumping to 20, to leapfrog by 10s to 100. Each double-page spread is paired on the left by a huge yellow numeral, the word for the number in white uppercase, and row(s) of large white dots for reinforcement. On the right, is a stellar photo, framed in crisp white, of a corresponding accumulation of interesting objects, ranging from utilitarian rolls of paper towels to svelte mannequin heads modeling hats and sunglasses to a rainbow of colorful thread spools. A deep oceanic ultramarine provides a perfect background for photos, dots, numerals, and letters alike. Eye-catching and enjoyable from its front cover to its final page, and sure to be both as useful and used as its many predecessors. Patricia Manning, formerly at Eastchester Public Library, NYCopyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.