Books Count! Number Fun for Young Children
Compiled by Merri V. Lindgren© 2004 Cooperative Children's Book Center
This bibliography was developed for the Child Care Information Center Newsletter (Issue 48, 2004) published by the Child Care Information Center operated by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction with funding from the Department of Workforce Development.
Click on underlined book titles to see the CCBC review of the book, and/or the cover image.
Ready, Set, Count
Ehlert, Lois. Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On. Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1990. Ages 2 - 6
Fleming, Denise. Count!. Henry Holt, 1992. Ages 3 - 7
Lavis, Steve. Cock-a-Doodle-Doo: A Farmyard Counting Book. U.S. edition: Lodestar/Dutton, 1997. Ages 1 - 3
Lee, Huy Vuon. 1, 2, 3, Go!. Henry Holt, 2000. Ages 4 - 7
McMillan, Bruce. Jelly Beans for Sale. Scholastic, 1996. Ages 4 - 8
Mora, Pat. Uno, Dos, Tres: One, Two, Three. Illustrated by Barbara Lavallee. Clarion, 1996. Ages 3 - 6
Morozumi, Atsuko. One Gorilla: A Counting Book. U.S. edition: Farrar Strous Giroux, 1990. Ages 2 - 4
Reiser, Lynn. Ten Puppies. Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2003. Ages 3 - 6
Sayre, April Pulley and Jeff Sayre . One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book. Illustrated by Randy Cecil. Candlewick Press, 2003. Ages 4 - 8
Suen, Anastasia. Toddler Two/Dos anos. Illustrated by Winnie Cheon. Lee & Low, 2002. Ages 1 - 3Math All Around
Cheng, Andrea. Grandfather Counts. Illustrated by Ange Zhang. Lee & Low, 2000. Ages 4 - 8
Falwell, Cathryn . Turtle Splash! Countdown at the Pond. Greenwillow Books/HarperCollins, 2001. Ages 3 - 6
Jenkins, Emily. Five Creatures. Illustrated by Tomek Bogacki. Frances Foster Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001. Ages 3 - 6
Lueck, Laura. My Baby Brother Has Ten Tiny Toes. Illustrated by Clara Vulliamy. Albert Whitman, 1997. Ages 1 - 3
Lyon, George Ella. Counting on the Woods. Photographed by Ann W. Olson. A Richard Jackson Book/DK Ink, 1998. Ages 4 - 8
Morales, Yuyi. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. Chronicle, 2003. Ages 4 - 7
Murphy, Stuart J.. A Pair of Socks. Illustrated by Lois Ehlert. HarperCollins, 1996. Ages 4 - 6
Owens, Mary Beth. Counting Cranes. Little, Brown, 1993. Ages 3 - 7
Root, Phyllis. One Duck Stuck. Illustrated by Jane Chapman. Candlewick Press, 1998. Ages 2 - 5
Siddals, Mary McKenna. Millions of Snowflakes. Illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles. Clarion, 1998. Ages 18 months - 3 years
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