Teeth, Tails, & Tentacles

My daughter, 11 months old, LOVES this book. She will dig through ALL of her toys (ignoring the rubber duckies, throwing out her baby dolls and disgarding the favorite rattles) until she has uncovered this book. She flips through the pages with wonder. The pictures are unique, engaging and intelligent. She especially loves the ladybug/octopus page. The book was a gift and I had no idea my daughter was going to be so drawn to it. The crocodile on the cover and the title threw me off a bit - I thought that it might be scary, but I was wrong. It's a great book!

My toddler received The New Alphabet of Animals as a gift. He loved it so much, I had to buy the counting book. The pictures are so unique and realistic while still being artistic. We spend extra time on each page as my son studies the pictures. I love that the animals are not always the usual ones you expect and its not your typical childrens book colors. This is a book you will cherish for a long time.

I thought this book was great as a new kind of number book! The pictures are beautiful and intriguing. At the end of the book, kids and adults can find out more about the animals featured in the book. It is a great way to have kids count and use math!

I loved this book!!! The paper quality was outstanding as well as the book itself. The book illustrates the numbers one through twenty using animals or parts of animals. The text is on one page and on the opposite page is the illustration. It uses the numeral, the number word and then the words of what illustrates that number in the picture using large print. The pictures are simple, clear and colorful. At the end of the book is a smaller picture of each animal with a paragraph giving information about that animal. Finally, there are two pages showing the number on top and the picture of the animal below it in order to see all the numbers and pictures together. I am a retired teacher and would have enjoyed sharing this book with my class.