Count Down to Cleanup!

Count Down to Clean Up!, a very simple counting book, is wonderful for promoting volunteerism. With a minimal number of words, Wallace conveys a strong message about people working together to complete a project. In cut paper designs, rabbits are depicted walking through the town collecting materials needed for the clean up. As the rabbits go by each store, their number is decrease by one. One rabbit enters each store to purchase what is needed from that particular store. The final page consists of a number of objects found throughout the book for the readers to go back locate during a second reading. This is a good book for backward counting 10 to 0.