Christopher Counting

This is a great book to use to get kids excited about counting. I used this with my 1st grade students in the library. We acted out Christopher's enthusiasm for counting by counting different things around the library. The kids were delighted. The illustrations are warm- and they are interesting without being too busy. I would recommend this for other School Library Media Specialists and people looking for a nice book to read with their younger school age children.

"Christopher Counting" is a fun little book about a bunny who learns how to count and soon becomes very enamored with the idea. He only learns counting up to ten, but this is enough to really set him going. He finds himself counting everything, from the fish in his aquarium to a number of times a friend's rock skips. And when some of his friends ask him to join in an exciting game of hide-and-seek, he finds a great use for his counting -- first counting to give them time to hide and then counting each of them as he finds them. The story is nothing especially exciting or new, but is just lively and fun enough to maintain interest. The real fun is in the pictures, which are both cute and quirkily amusing at times. I certainly would not mind seeing another adventure involving Christopher -- maybe he can tackle the alphabet next.