The World-Famous Book of Counting

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A stylish lift-the-flap, pop-up, pull-out book about numbers with a magic theme

Prepare to be amazed by this fabulously clever lift-the-flap, pop-up, pull-out book about numbers. Sarah Goodreau's magic-themed illustrations add a touch of nostalgia and vintage glamour to this fun and elegant counting book. With spectacular sorcery and sensational illusions, there's something here for magic lovers of all ages.

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ISBN-13:	9780763698942
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	04/24/2018
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	3 - 7 Years

About the Author

Sarah Goodreau is an illustrator/author living in London. She was born in Massachusetts and attended the Savannah College of Art and Design, where she received a BFA in illustration. Since then Sarah has illustrated various children's publications. She is also the co-creator and art director of Wizard Fingers, an animation group.

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05/28/2018
In a companion to The Greatest Opposites Book on Earth, one broad-shouldered, mustachioed magician unveils surprises in “The World-Famous Counting Show.” From one to 10, Goodreau introduces onstage magic show props and figures as countable objects. Integrated into her smooth digital graphics are pop-ups, flaps, and tabs. A pull-tab slider conjures “two glamorous assistants” in flowy pants, and a pop-up spread sends “four fluttering doves” rising out of a decorative box. Elsewhere, a flap lifts to reveal “six curious rabbits,” and another shows “ten fabulous flowers.” The finale presents the Counting Show’s “many magical things” in fan-like, die-cut pop-ups. Smooth construction and bold graphics add up to a satisfying counting primer. Ages 3–7. (Apr.)

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Smooth construction and bold graphics add up to a satisfying counting primer.
—Publishers Weekly

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2018-03-18
A pop-up magic show featuring numbers one to 10…plus an extra.
One male "master magician" introduces two female "glamorous assistants" in midriff-bearing tops and harem pants (all three are white). The book goes on to reveal three balls, four flying doves, five scarves, six bunnies, and so on up, with help from large, sturdy flaps, pull tabs, and pop-up cutouts. Though not much for continuity (the woman's hand flourishing "nine linking rings" emerges from a ruffled cuff, which neither "assistant" sports), Goodreau offers very simply drawn illustrations in which all the items are easy to see and count. Following the doves, bunnies, and assistants taking bows in a 3-D scene, a final view of a seemingly empty stage with a "0" and (oddly) "None" gives way with the flip of a flap to the magician expressing a hope that the audience enjoyed the show. Diapered digerati will applaud, at least on the first run-through—though they'll more than likely be thrown off by the confusingly labeled and atypically placed zero. The fact that three of the assistants' four hands appear to be attached backward in the climactic tableau will creep out their grown-ups.
This act needs a little more work. (Pop-up picture book. 3-5)

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