Little Monster's Book of Numbers - Hardcover

Frances Thomas lives in London and is the author of the wonderful SUPPOSING and MAYBE ONE DAY. Ross Collins lives in Glasgow where he works on his brilliant books for young readers. Ross has won a Scottish Arts Council Award for SUPPOSING and is an original and quirky voice in the world of children's books.

PreS–Two moderately successful concept books. In the first, Little Monster sets out to count the objects in the garden: apples, butterflies, ants, and then moves on to hot-air balloons racing across the sky and rocket ships flying through space. The rhyming text is fun: Five baby birds/are learning to fly./Four fat frogs/don't even try. It ends: So many things, but/there's only one me! The second book follows a consistent pattern (The opposite of/big is small./The opposite of/short is tall.), ending with the question: If everything has an opposite,/what's the opposite of me? The illustrations are cheerful, even if the pallid, unsmiling cartoon protagonist is a little strange. Additional purchases where concept books are in demand.–Amelia Jenkins, Juneau Public Library, AK
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