Counting on Snow (Board book)

from TheLoopyLibrarian

Counting on Snow is a refreshing change from children's books about farm animals. Newhouse introduces children to arctic animals in a clever and beautiful way as the snow begins to fall and ultimately cover the landscape. My only complaint is that children first learning of animals such as moose ...

from aya.herron

This visually powerful and stunning board book features unusual arctic animals in the winter snow. Readers count backwards from ten caribou down to nothing as the light snowfall becomes a blizzard. The Bottom Line: Besides the engaging folk art in oil and linen, the beauty and cleverness of this...

from fuzzi

A lovely counting book, going backwards from ten to one, and using animals from more northern latitudes. My only quibble is that some of the animals are indistinct due to the snow effect, and a young child might have difficulty finding them on the pages. I'm going to read this one to my own gra...

from eo206

Counting on snow by Maxwell Newhouse Age suggestions: babies, toddlers, and preschool This is a delightful picture book with bold paintings of arctic animals. The text counts backward from ten. The illustrations show animals and as the pages move along the scenes get snowier and snowier making ...

from EBT1002

This is a sweet counting book for very young children. Lovely drawings and a great introduction to various arctic animals.