Product Type: Books
Age: Early Elementary School Years
Categories: Concept Books
2004 Award
( by Alison Jay, Dutton $15.99 Score:
) Just when you think you’ve seen enough alphabet books, along comes a beauty like this gem. Painted in folk-artist style, one large object dominates the page, but several other small objects that start with the same sound are hidden in the scene for children to discover. 4–8.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Jon Agee, Hyperion $16.95 Score:
) A decidedly imaginative book featuring the journey of the letter Z on its way home. A sophisticated alphabet that’s more about discoveries you must make in the art than it is about letter names. 5–8.
Age: Early School Years,Later School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Stuart J. Murphy/illus. by Frank Remkiewicz, HarperCollins $15.99 Score:
) Perry the Penguin wants a scooter and needs eight clam shells to buy one. Readers follow along as Perry’s "fortune" goes up and down. Good introduction to negative numbers, as well as money management and delayed gratification! 7 & up.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Greg Tang/illus. by Harry Briggs, Scholastic $16.95 Score:
) Like the original Grapes of Math, these math riddles deliver new ways of looking at and solving math problems by grouping, subtraction, multiplying, and seeing patterns. The riddles give young readers hints (the answers and solutions are thankfully at the back of the book). Also see Math for All Seasons. 7 & up.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Jane Yorke, DK $16.99 Score:
) Don’t be put off by the preschool-looking cover. This counting book is filled with photos and examples of items to count and compare. Many of the concepts go well beyond simple counting and are more appropriate for kindergarteners and first graders. 4–8.
Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2004 Award
(by Greg Tang/illus. Greg Poprocki, Scholastic $16.95 Score:
) Tang has taken a new turn in the road. Now his math problems are related to illustrations of famous paintings by such artists as Van Gogh, Warhol, Dali, & Picasso. 5 & up.
Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2004.
2005 Award
(James Yang, Atheneum $15.95 Score:
) While Joey and his dog Jet play a game of fetch throughout their neighborhood, the place concepts of between, through, over, under, and around are playfully explored. 4 & up. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2005.
2006 Award
(by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin, Atheneum $12.95 Score:
) From the creators of Clack, Clack, Moo, this is a lively alphabet book with many of the barnyard gang rushing off to a picnic. There’s not a lot of story but the action words and lilting language are one way to turn young listeners’ attention to the A, B, C’s. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2006 Award
(by Linda Sue Park/illus. by Maggie Smith, Clarion $15 Score:
) Bunny hops through the garden discovering a world of colors. Smith’s flowers are lush and reinforce color concepts within the context of a small story. 3–6. Age: Preschool,Early School Years. Award Year: 2006.
2007 Award
(by John Nickle, Random House $16.95 Score:
) Search each of the pages for an amazing number of objects and actions that start with the featured letter. Take the letter G, for example—there are 25 Gs, as in glass, golfing, golf club, grinning, green, etc. This is not an alphabet book for beginners. But it is fun for 5–8. Age: Early School Years. Award Year: 2007.
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