PreS-K-An excellent, well-constructed concept book. Outstanding color photographs invite children to count skyscrapers, taxis, firefighters' boots, and other familiar objects around the city. The superb pictures feature not only the required number of items, but the corresponding numeral as well. Multiple representations of each number make this book an excellent teaching tool and show children that numbers are all around them. For example, the number two is shown on the left-hand page as a numeral, as a word, and represented by two dots, and its placement is highlighted in red in a series of numbers from 1 to 10. The opposite page has a photograph with two taxis in the background and a yellow sign with the number two in the foreground. Additional counting practice is possible on the full spreads that are interspersed throughout, showing the numerals in succession, such as an elevator with eight floors, and a running track with lanes labeled 1 through 6. Children will thoroughly enjoy this first-rate counting book.-Melinda Piehler, Sawgrass Elementary School, Sunrise, FL Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
The best yet of Milich's urban albums for the toddler set, this offers within each photograph's frame both numerals and familiar items to count, from a single pedestrian with a "1" on his back to "10" tempting French fries lined up on a plate. For context and reinforcement, each big, bright color picture comes with a bulleted number line and the number written out on the facing page. Each pair of numbers is then followed by a double-paged spread that includes the accumulation to that point. In some instances, the photos are natural; in others, Milich has added subjects. So readers will find six little manmade chicks perched on an iron fence in between six finials, but numbers one to 8 in brass over an elevator. Like Stephen Johnson's City By Numbers (1998), this offers an irresistible invitation to count, and also to look more closely at the world all around. (Picture book. 2-4)
From the numeral one on the back of a bystander's lime-green shirt to the 10 gold mail slots on an apartment building, the images offer a visually enticing (and educational) tour.
An excellent, well-constructed concept book. Outstanding color photographs invite children to count skyscrapers, taxis, firefighters' boots, and other familiar objects around the city. Children will thoroughly enjoy this first-rate counting book.
An excellent, well-constructed concept book. Outstanding color photographs invite children to count skyscrapers, taxis, firefighters' boots, and other familiar objects around the city. Children will thoroughly enjoy this first-rate counting book.
Milich's pristine images and counter-friendly layout rank this title among the best [photo concept books].
Milich's pristine images and counter-friendly layout rank this title among the best [photo concept books].
[T]his will show young children that numbers are part of everything they see and what they do.
[T]his will show young children that numbers are part of everything they see and what they do.
By adding a bit of humor and a sense of context, Milich has created a book that is even more child-friendly than his previous concept books, and just as handsome.
By adding a bit of humor and a sense of context, Milich has created a book that is even more child-friendly than his previous concept books, and just as handsome.
[This will show young children that numbers are part of everything they see and what they do.
By adding a bit of humor and a sense of context, Milich has created a book that is even more child-friendly than his previous concept books, and just as handsome.
