Children's Literature - Bibliotherapy - Indianapolis

A counting book in which one by one the little penguins fall and hurt themselves, to the dismay of their mother and doctor.

Count along with Bear in this lovely Classic Board Book from the internationally bestselling Bear series. Numbers, numbers everywhere. Can you count along with Bear? Karma Wilson's spirited text and Jane Chapman's inviting illustrations make for a delightful introduction to numbers, perfect for young Bear fans.

When lonely Miss Spider tries to host a tea party, the other bugs refuse to come for fear of being eaten.

A playful counting book that celebrates special things about Australia.

ntroduces the numbers from one to twelve as family members pick a variety of vegetables from the garden. Includes counting activities and fun facts about growing vegetables.

A cumulative counting verse in which a child enumerates items in the kindergarten classroom, from the whole alphabet, A to Z, to twelve eggs for hatching.

Where is 11? Perhaps 11 is with the sow and her ten piglets. Maybe it's on the jack-o'-lantern with its two eyes, one nose and eight teeth. A dozen colorful and engaging spreads present children with a cornucopia of intriguing objects to count in order to find where 11 is hiding.

Field trip today - to the apple farm!  Count 20 name tags, 19 kids on the bus, 18 miles to the farm.  There are 14 cows and 13 ducks (10 white and 3 black), and 12 rows of apple trees.  Count the apples in your sack, count 3 pies to eat (divided into 20 pieces), and all too soon it's 2 o'clock, time to go!  But wait - Lee has a number 1 surprise. Joan Holub's creative countdown, from 20 to 1, includes grouping and simple addition. Her multicultural students enjoy all that the apple farm has to offer, from counting the cows and ducks to picking different varieties of apples. The endpapers of this cheerful book are filled with apple facts.

Count the animals from one to twenty while searching for the cat in this lively hide-and-seek selection that introduces animals like frogs, whales, monkeys, ducks, hens and elephants.

A group of rollicking dinosaurs counts down from ten to one as it introduces subtraction to the reader.

A counting book inspired by Mexican folk artist Josefina Aguilar who makes painted clay figures.

How many kisses does a tired baby need to change her from crying into sleeping?

Numbers from ten to one are part of this lullaby which observes the room of a little girl going to bed.

Readers can count down as ten OREO cookies are dunked, nibbled, and stacked one by one until there are none.

A counting book featuring things found at a car race, from one black-and-white checkered flag to twelve reporters. Readers are invited to find hidden numbers in the illustrations.

Ten red apples hanging on a tree. Yippee, fiddle-dee-fee! But they are not there for long. Horse, cow, donkey, pig, hen, and the other farm animals each eat one. "Save one for me," calls the farmer. But what about the farmer's wife? Count on Pat Hutchins to solve the problem happily. And count the red apples before they are all gone!

Count up from 1 to 10.... turn the book around, and then count down. It's two books in one! Children will learn to count from one to ten with this inventive, entertaining novelty book from Caldecott Honor winner Suse MacDonald! As the die-cut pages are turned, they create a lively, vibrant scene. And when little ones reach the end of the book, they'll find that they can flip it around and then count down--from ten to one!

A simple introduction to the meaning of numbers and sets as a rooster, on his way to see the world, is joined by fourteen animals along the way.

Teaches young children to count by twos using footprints as examples.

Count the items in the picture.

Counting down to help the earth.

Introduces counting by tens by counting the number of toes on the beach.

Math crops up in everyday activities in so many ways. You can help preschoolers see math in the petals of a flower, the shape of a window, the bounce of a ball, the growth of a plant, and the repetition of a song. Instead of teaching  math to preschoolers, you can be their guide as they experiment, think about problems, try solutions, gain understanding, and discuss their findings. Creative Investigations in Early Math gives teachers practical ideas for intentionally fostering young children's hands-on explorations in the following areas: Number and number sense Computation Geometry and spatial sense Measurement Data collection and statistics Patterns and relationships With your guidance, preschoolers can figure out how the world of mathematics works and how math works in their world.

Artwork inspired by traditional Indian miniature paintings - including a four-page gatefold - is "visually striking." - Publishers Weekly. "While there are other versions of this folktale available, none match Demi's for authenticity, illustrative grandeur, and textual clarity." - School Library Journal, starred review

Big Fat Hen counts to ten with her friends and all their chicks

Illustrations provide humorous interpretations of the actions of animals from one frog to twelve whales.

One magical night an elephant jumped in the air and flew. Wild antics, high spirits and silly games of the other zoo animals also occur. Will anyone find out?

Ten instruments take their parts one by one in a musical performance.

The antics of lively and colorful animals present the numbers one to ten, twenty, thirty, forty, and fifty,

A Thanksgiving counting book depicting the numbers one through ten through scenes of the holiday.

Objects to count come from a village called Ibaji, in southern Nigeria, from a tribe calle Igala who speak the Kwa language.

Bestselling author Audrey Wood and artist son Bruce create an undersea counting book that's full of the same vivid imagery and fun story elements that have made their alphabet books so successful! It's an undersea countdown in the newest book by bestselling author Audrey Wood and her dynamic, digital-artist son, Bruce. Follow ten little fish as they swim along a beautiful ocean reef, one by one departing from the school for different reasons, eventually leaving one fellow all alone. What will he do? Along comes another, and that makes two! Soon he becomes a father and she becomes a mother--with ten little children of their own. The rhyming text helps readers go from one to ten and back again, and each illustration pops with all the color and depth of an underwater playground.

Count from one to 10 with apes and primates. One gorilla, two orangutans, and three chimpanzees. Explore the family of primates and learn to count with former Children's Laureate and primate artist Browne in this exquisite picture book for the youngest of children. Full color.

Colorful, realistic art depicts ten species of butterflies, both common and rare, from around the world. Readers count from one to ten and learn the colors of the rainbow, plus white, brown, black, and spotted.

In the hollow of a tree, higher than the eye can see . . . nine wood ducks hatch, one by one. "That's good!" says Mama. "We're almost done." One last egg is very still. . . . Finally, the smallest egg hatches. Then it's time for all the wood ducks to make the BIG jump from the tree--where their mother made her nest--to the water below. Ducklings One through Nine make the leap. But Duckling Ten isn't so sure. This adorable counting book highlights the giant leap that wood ducks must make on their second day in the world.

What can you do with ten black dots? "One dot can make a sun or a moon when day is done. Two dots can make the eyes of a fox...". Count all the way to ten with Donald Crews and delight in the simple rhymes, everyday objects, and stunning graphics of a master of the picture concept book.

Count and share with...underwear! Come along on a zany adventure with hilarious pictures from the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. What's one thing that two bears, three yaks, four goats, and six cats have in common? They hate to share. But look out-here comes a pack of twenty pigs ready to prove that sharing makes everything twice as fun! This seriously silly picture book with artwork by the New York Times bestselling illustrator of Goodnight, Goodnight Construction Site irresistibly combines the concepts of counting and sharing.

Dog always seems to be underfoot when something messy (and colorful) is spilt, giving readers 10 different spots on his white coat to count before the book's end and Dog's bath.

A counting book that features an African-American family shopping for food, preparing dinner, and sitting down to eat. Lively read-aloud text paired with bright collage illustrations.

Count up from 1 to 10.... turn the book around, and then count down. It's two books in one! Children will learn to count from one to ten with this inventive, entertaining novelty book from Caldecott Honor winner Suse MacDonald! As the die-cut pages are turned, they create a lively, vibrant scene. And when little ones reach the end of the book, they'll find that they can flip it around and then count down--from ten to one!

Juana Medina's ingenious illustrations nearly pop off the page in her new counting book, 1 Big Salad. One avocado deer saunters across the spread, two radish mice scurry by, until finally ten watercress seahorses swim onto the scene - all of the ingredients in one big salad! Medina's previous book with Viking, Smick!, introduced her to the children's book world, and now she's bringing her fresh and innovative take on the concept book form. Raves for 1 Big Salad

1 tiny baby starts to run. Along comes another... ...to have some fun! 2 silly babies spin around. Along comes another... ...and she falls down. The fun continues until ten tiny babies are exhausted from the day, fast asleep in their beds! Karen Katz's bright colors and irresistibly adorable babies are sure to be a hit among the learning-to-count crowd. This board book is perfect for even the youngest of readers.

One cat sleeps. Two cats play. Three cats stack! Cats of all shapes and sizes scamper, stretch and yawn across the pages of this adorable counting book. And every now and then, they find themselves in the purrfect fluffy stack!

Each car on the train has one more zoo animal than the one before, from the first car with an elephant to the last with ten birds.

One is a rainbow. One is a cake. One is a piñata that's ready to break! In this lively picture book, a companion to the Pura Belpré-honored Green Is a Chile Pepper, children discover a fiesta of numbers in the world around them, all the way from one to ten: Two are maracas and cold ice creams, six are salsas and flavored aguas. Many of the featured objects are Latino in origin, and all are universal in appeal. With rich, boisterous illustrations, a fun-to-read rhyming text, and an informative glossary, this vibrant book enumerates the joys of counting and the wonders that abound in every child's day!

Starting with number one for the first day of school, Emily learns the numbers to one hundred in many different ways.

Explores what 100 of something really is.

Simple text and photographs show the different ways of counting to 100.

Uses marine animals, such as twelve jellyfish and two seals, to count down from twelve to one.

Pete the cat loves the buttons on his shirt so much that he makes up a song about them, and even as the buttons pop off, one by one, he still finds a reason to sing.

Here is an adorable picture book for curious kids, which explores skip counting and estimation in a fun pumpkin-themed classroom experiment. "How many seeds are in a pumpkin?" Mr. Tiffin asks his class as they gather around the big, medium, and small pumpkins on his desk. Robert, the biggest kid, guesses that the largest one has a million seeds; Elinor, sounding like she knows what she's talking about, guesses the medium one has 500 seeds; and Anna, who likes even numbers better than odd ones, guesses that the little one has 22. Charlie, the smallest boy in the class, doesn't have a guess. Counting pumpkin seeds is messy business, but once the slimy job is done, to everyone's surprise, the smallest pumpkin has the most seeds! As Charlie happily exclaims, "Small things have a lot going on inside of them." This book makes a wonderful read-aloud companion to any math or science curriculum, and it's a fun way to reinforce counting skills at home.