Walker Island Counting 123

An exuberant read-aloud counting lesson in true island style. Jump up and count along! Take a trip to the Caribbean where on one little island you can find a whole lot of things to count! Here are three brightly painted houses on a hill, five market ladies selling tropical fruits, nine limbo dancers on a sandy beach, ten colourfully dressed children celebrating carnival time, and more. A delightful introduction to counting for younger children - Caribbean style! Editorial Reviews From School Library Journal PreSchool-K-This book delivers just what the title promises: a counting book about the people, animals, and objects found on a Caribbean island. Lessac introduces each number from 1 to 10 in a rhyming couplet. For example, "Five market ladies wearing shady hats. Six cricket players waiting with their bats." She ends with children celebrating carnival. The illustrations are done in vibrant island colors that will catch readers' interest. The pictures are large enough for group sharing and the items are easy to count. This is a great concept book and a creative way of introducing youngsters to another culture.-Sheilah Kosco, Rapides Parish Library, Alexandria, LA Copyright å¨ Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Booklist PreS-K. A companion to Lessac's Caribbean Alphabet (1994), this simple picture book begins with a picture showing "One little island in the Caribbean Sea." The double-page spreads that follow offer close-ups of local scenes: parrots in a coconut tree, ladies selling fruit at the market, and children at the beach, in their houses, and at the cricket field. The final spread shows the island again, this time in a livelier scene detailed with each grouping of characters from the previous 10 pictures. Young children will enjoy identifying them in miniature and counting them all over again. Written in rhymed couplets, the text bounces along playfully, pointing out people and things for children to count. Brightly colored and naive in approach, the accompanying artwork offers many more counting opportunities. For example, the illustrations for "Eight drummers drumming--ping pa ping pom" show not only eight drummers but also eight drums, eight large stars on the drums, and eight flowers on some of the shirts. A fresh, clear counting book for young children. - Carolyn Phelan Copyright å© American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.