One Cheetah, One Cherry: A Book of Beautiful Numbers

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Numbers one to ten are sumptuously illustrated in watercolor, with gold and silver leaf, and including elephants, tigers, swans, mice and more.

A playful, lyrical text and striking images make this a spectacular counting book by an internationally renowned author and illustrator.

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ISBN-13:	9781910959282
Publisher:	Otter-Barry Books
Publication date:	10/04/2016
Pages:	32
Sales rank:	954,135
Product dimensions:	8.75(w) x 8.75(h) x (d)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Jackie Morris is a writer and illustrator. She lives in a cottage by the sea in Wales, surrounded by cats and dogs. Her previous titles include Tell Me a Dragon, East of the Sun, West of the Moon, The Ice Bear, Song of the Golden Hare, Something About a Bear and The Snow Leopard.

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03/01/2017
PreS—A simple animal counting book with a regal air. Each number is represented on a spread featuring a single type of animal, with dogs and mice being the only household varieties. In an interesting juxtaposition, the animals are lifelike and stately, yet playfully attired or engaged. Pandas sport "pretty painted parasols," tigers play "pat-a-cake," and mice sip from tiny china teacups. The subdued, earthy watercolor tones are accurate for each species, but the settings and attire have a hint of majesty as a result of the addition of gold leaf and a repeated paisley background motif, often in purple. Also adding a degree of opulence is a rich, mottled ochre color suggesting marble. No seeking or finding is necessary; the animals are large in scale and neatly arrayed for easy counting. White border space on the bottom of each page provides the location for simple, descriptive text that is sometime alliterative, sometimes loosely rhymed: "Two dogs, two balls, one big, one small." Endpapers offer further opportunities for counting and contain the only numerical representations of the numbers one through 10. VERDICT A unique, artistic addition to the counting canon.—Lisa Taylor, Jacksonville Public Library, FL

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2016-10-11
Exquisite watercolor-and-gold-leaf paintings of animals and objects that look as if they tumbled out of medieval illuminated manuscripts distinguish this counting book.The book starts off simply enough: "One cherry, one cheetah." A background of textured gold and bluish-purple, embellished with biomorphic designs, completes the spread. Two regal dogs appear, with "two balls, one big, one small." "Three bears, three bowls, three silver spoons" follow, but why are there just three berries to go along with "four fine foxes, sharing strawberries." The seven giant pandas have only five parasols. Then the book really breaks the mold. Now there are "Ten cherries, one cheetah." Those dark red, glistening cherries look good enough to eat; the last page shows the sated cheetah, with 10 cherry pits neatly lined up, and the text reads: "No cherries, one cheetah. / None, all gone." But the cheetah is still here. The front endpapers display unordered floating numerals (1 through 10), the cheetah, and the cherry, but no other numerals appear until the end. A chart showing the numerals and the associated flora or fauna (with cherry but sans cheetah) is found on the back endpapers. These pictures differ slightly from the inside pages, and sometimes the attendant objects are omitted. The aesthetic pleasures are very strong, but one-on-one adult guidance will be necessary to help young mathematicians make sense of these complex images. (Picture book. 4-6)

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