Counting Our Way to the 100th Day!
Kindergarten-Grade 4–Franco combines her love for language and numbers in this collection that celebrates all things 100. Poems ranging in size, scope, and subject matter are decorated with Salerno's joyful gouache illustrations. Each poem works in the triple digit number, such as "100 Inches Tall" in which a girl speculates about the pros and cons of being so tall. Sometimes Franco experiments with different types of poems, such as "Haiku," comprised of four stanzas, each an independent haiku as well. "One hundred acorns/buried all over the yard–/squirrel's autumn chores." Students will enjoy sharing a special poem each day to help them count down to the 100th day of school. Pair this title with Rosemary Wells'sEmily's First 100 Days of School(Hyperion, 1999) for a perfect score.–Lisa Gangemi Kropp, Middle Country Public Library, Centereach, NYCopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.