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One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book

10 best books like One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab: A Counting by Feet Book (April Pulley Sayre): Birdsongs, How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?, I Don't Want a Cool Cat!, A Million Dots, Fraction Action, Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin, 12 Ways to Get to 11, The Story Blanket, Edwina the Emu, Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature

Birdsongs
AuthorBetsy Franco
ISBN0689877773
The sky is quiet.

The yard is quiet.

The creek is quietly gurgling.

Then...tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat! A red-capped woodpecker starts his rap for the day. Next comes nine soft coos from the mourning doves, followed by the chipping of a flurry of sparrows....
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin?
AuthorMargaret McNamara
ISBN0375840141
For curious kids, this 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...
I Don't Want a Cool Cat!
AuthorEmma Dodd
ISBN0316036749
In this hilarious, heartfelt picture book, one little girl discovers just how difficult it can be to find the perfect pet. Along the way, she meets a zany mix of cats with distinct personalities, but none of them are right for her! After a comical cat chase, she finally finds a special one to call her very...
A Million Dots
AuthorAndrew Clements
ISBN0689858248
It's a long way to
a million, right?
Of course it is.
But do you really know
what a million looks like?

If you'd like to see -- actually see, right now, with your own eyes -- what a million looks like, just open this book.

Be prepared to learn some interesting things along...
Fraction Action
AuthorLoreen Leedy
Absolutely LOVED it! I will definitely make use of this next year when introduction fractions to my second graders. The story is made up of blurbs which assist lower level readers. The “teacher” in the story teaches her student s about halves, thirds, fourths, and fifths. The teacher uses an overhead,...
Multiplying Menace: The Revenge of Rumpelstiltskin
AuthorPam Calvert
ISBN1570918902
This book is a continuation of the King and Queen's life 10 years later and their son Peter is the main character. Rumpelstiltskin seeks revenge and returns to the castle to steal Peter and cause mayhem among the castle and the village. Rumpelstiltskin multiplies the king's nose by 6 and 4 branches by...
12 Ways to Get to 11
AuthorEve Merriam
ISBN0689808925
Twelve witty double spreads take young readers on a counting adventure of adding to eleven.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 __ 12 What happened to 11?

Is it in the magician's hat? Maybe it's in the mailbox or hiding in the jack-o'-lantern? Don't forget to look in the barnyard where the hen awaits the arrival...
The Story Blanket
AuthorFerida Wolff
ISBN1561454664
Babba Zarrah lives in a tiny village in the snow-covered mountains. The children love to visit her. They settle down on her big, old story blanket and listen to her imaginative tales.
One day Babba Zarrah notices that Nikolai needs new socks, but she has no yarn. "Every question has an answer," Babba...
Edwina the Emu
AuthorSheena Knowles
ISBN0064434834
In this sequel to the popular Edward the Emu, Edward and his mate Edwina are the proud parents of ten little emu eggs. "Don't get depressed. I'll find a job, you stay on the nest," says Edwina to her stunned mate. And so Edwina sets out to find a job in this lighthearted offering from down under. Rhythmic,...
Growing Patterns: Fibonacci Numbers in Nature
AuthorSarah C. Campbell
ISBN1590787528
This title deals with the biggest mathematical mystery in nature - Fibonacci numbers! Named after a famous mathematician, the number pattern is simple: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13...Each number in the sequence comes from adding the two numbers before it. What's the mystery? The pattern crops up in the most unexpected...
Big Red Tub
AuthorJulia Jarman
ISBN0439672325
The Big Red Bath is a great book to read in the early years setting. It can be used as a main theme for topic work as there are lots of activities it can be centred around. It also investigates capacity and opens avenues for really good water play as well as volume exploration.

The animals used in the...
Ten in the Den
AuthorJohn Butler
ISBN1561453447
Adorable animals make room in their den for sleepy friends.
Deep in the den, ten sleepy, cuddly animals snuggle up together for the night. But as the animal friends roll over to make more room, one animal after another gently tumbles out of the cozy den...until Little Mouse is left all alone. But Little...
Counting on Frank
AuthorRod Clement
This is a great book for estimation and volume, more for upper elementary. Before beginning the story, I would have students brainstorm what they already know about humpback whales. We would then come back together as a class and discuss what we know. I would then bring out more facts on the humpback whale...
Quack and Count
AuthorKeith Baker
ISBN0152050256
Quack and Count, written by Keith Baker, is a math picture book that can help children learn how to count and use addition. It is based on 7 ducklings and on each page, the ducklings are split into different numbers that all add up to 7 to represent an addition equation. The children must come up with different...
Noni The Pony
AuthorAlison Lester
ISBN1741758882
I'm a big fan of Alison Lester - her set of four little board books (Happy and Sad, Bibs and Boots, Crashing and Splashing and Bumping and Bouncing) are huge favourites at our house, and I've picked up a couple of her Imagine books too, so when I saw this one of course I had to get it.

It's the sweet and...
Banana
AuthorEd Vere
Getting what you want can be tricky, especially if you don't ask in quite the right way. Follow one little monkey's journey through many emotions as he tries every trick in the book to get hold of his friend's banana, until he finally hits on the magic word - please! Using only two words, this is a fantastic...
Hippo Has a Hat
AuthorJulia Donaldson
ISBN0230711456
Lots of clothes! Let's try them. Maybe we can buy them.

There is chaos in the clothes shop when the animals go on a glorious shopping spree. Zebra's zipper is stuck and Toad's tracksuit is far too big, but Flamingo finds a stylish bag, and Caterpillar's shoes are really cool. There has never...
Apple Fractions
AuthorJerry Pallotta
ISBN0439389011
Best-selling author Jerry Pallotta turns his talents to teaching fractions to kids by using a healthy snack food: apples!

Author Jerry Pallotta and illustrator Rob Bolster use a variety of different apples to teach kids all about fractions in this innovative and enjoyable book. Playful...
One Hundred Hungry Ants
AuthorElinor J. Pinczes
ISBN0395971233


I have read many children’s books that help children deal with solving math problems by presenting the concept in a creative and fun way. But, I will admit that I have not read any math book quite like this one! “One Hundred Hungry Ants” is a children’s book written by Elinor J. Pinczes...
Full House: An Invitation to Fractions
AuthorDayle Ann Dodds
ISBN0763624683
With Dayle Ann Dodds’s engaging rhymes and Abby Carter’s dynamic illustrations, this introduction to fractions is a piece of cake.

Miss Bloom runs the Strawberry Inn, and she absolutely loves visitors. Throughout the day, she welcomes a cast of hilarious characters, from a duchess...
The Kiss That Missed
AuthorDavid Melling
ISBN0764154516
One evening, when the King is in a hurry, his goodnight kiss to the Little Prince goes astray. After rattling around the Prince's bedroom, it flies out the window and floats into the dark forest, where it has no business to be. The King decides to do something about it. He orders the Knight to climb on his...
I Love You, Blue Kangaroo!
AuthorEmma Chichester Clark
ISBN0440415497
A few of my PreK students were really caught up in this book. I like that it’s written from the perspective of the stuffed animal feeling more and more insecure as the child accumulates more stuffed animals. I also liked that when the animal felt there was no room for it that it solved the problem by finding...
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