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2010 Summer Favorites - Concepts

CONCEPTS

Country Road ABC: An Illustrated Journey Through America's Farmland (Hardcover)

By Arthur Geisert
$17.00
ISBN-13: 9780547194691
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 5/2010
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In Arthur Geisert’s illustrated journey through America’s farmland, machines are everywhere, not just in Traffic when everyone is stuck behind a loaded tractor, Rusted on an old fence, and Grinding feed.  In other aspects of country life, Winter afternoons are spent playing cards and in the 4th of July parade there are always more machines, animals, people, and plenty of action. D should be for the Delight in the Details of COUNTRY ROAD ABC (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, $17).  Ages 2-6.  DDL


Counting Birds (Hardcover)

By Alice Melvin
$14.50
ISBN-13: 9781854378552
Availability: Not currently shipping from publisher – Subject to future availability
Published: Tate, 3/2010
From the cockerel’s first crow to the rooks’ returning to roost, welcome the day by COUNTING BIRDS (Tate Publishing, $14.50).  Follow a variety of birds, counting as they grow in number from one to twenty.  Alice Melvin’s rhyme is simple and appealing, and readers will find something new in her engaging artwork every time they open this unique book.  How many birds hold a number in their beaks?  See if you can count how many birds are made of fabric or another material.  Ages 3-7.  HWP

 


One Too Many: A Seek and Find Counting Book (Hardcover)

By Gianna Marino
$16.99
ISBN-13: 9780811869089
Availability: On Our Shelves Now
Published: Chronicle Books, 3/2010
One tiny flea springs through the air and alights on animals that congregate throughout the day at a trough of water.  The flea bounces on each of the animals in the order of their arrival; each bounce leads to the next animal to be counted. As the day wears on and the unrestrained crowd of animals grows, it becomes more challenging to trace the flea’s trajectory. The flea bounces ONE TOO MANY (Chronicle, $16.99) times on the last animal to arrive and pandemonium ensues.  Gianna Marino's innovative seek-and-find counting book provides endless entertainment.  Ages 5-7.  MAG