One Bear, Two Bears

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Richard Hefter

PUBLISHER: One Strawberry Inc.                 

PUBLICATION DATE: 1980

GENRE: Fiction                    

READING LEVEL:  Kindergarten

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Bears that are numbered in a row do silly activities.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Have students predict what numbers are coming next to help with counting skills.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Megan Bassford, Valdosta State University ECSE

Ten Little Ladybugs

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Melanie Gerth/ Laura Hiliska-Beith
PUBLISHER:  Piggy Toes Press       PUBLICATION DATE:  2001
GENRE:  Fiction Picture Book     READING LEVEL:  Kindergarten
BRIEF OVERVIEW:  Children learn to count backwards from ten in this rhyming book about ladybugs.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:  Establish a pattern of subtraction, by having students line up while facing the class, dropping out one by one as you read.
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Kimberly Hansen, Valdosta State University ECSE)
LABELS: (board book, math, Picture book, Counting ).

Monday Is One Day

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Arthur A. Levine/Julian Hector

PUBLISHER: Scholastic Press          

PUBLICATION DATE: April 1, 2011

GENRE: Fiction            

READING LEVEL:  1st grade

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Families count down the days throughout the week until the weekend.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will participate in a bingo counting game. The teacher will call out different equations and students will place a bingo chip on the correct answer to the equation.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: (Hannah Haynes, Valdosta State University ECSE)

LABELS: Counting, bingo, weekdays

Who Sank the Boat?

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Pamela Allen
PUBLICATION DATE: 1982
GENRE: Fiction
BRIEF OVERVIEW: The reader is invited to guess who causes the boat to sink when five animals of varying sizes decide to go for a row.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: After reading the book, have each student chose who they think actually sank the boat. Then draw a picture and show which animal actually did it.
REVIEWER'S NAME & AFFILIATION: Sarah Bessenger, Valdosta State University

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes.

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury

PUBLISHER: HMH Books for Young Readers; Brdbk edition  PUBLICATION DATE: August 23, 2010  

GENRE: Nonfictional Informational READING LEVEL:  3 and up

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes is a story about babies who are born and they all have ten little fingers and ten little toes.  

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will learn to identify their body parts (i.e.: Hands, fingers, toes, eyes, ears, head, nose, etc…)

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Briana Henderson Valdosta State University, Section A

Counting on Calico

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Phyllis Limbacher Tildes

PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc.   
PUBLICATION DATE 1995

GENRE: Non-Fiction      READING LEVEL: K-2

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This is a counting book that counts to 20 that also lists facts about Calico cats and cats in general. The illustrations are very high quality.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY:  Each student will draw a picture of a Calico cat and write their favorite fact that they learned from the book under their picture. Later, they could share their favorite fact with the class.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Meghan Grimes, Valdosta State University

Cha Cha Chimps

Author: Julia Durango      Illustrator: Eleanor Taylor
Copyright: 2006
Genre: Concept book
Reading Level: 2-6yrs
Book Description: Rhyming book and incorporates counting (1-10).  Listeners can sing along while counting. This book is great for getting students warmed up and it has beautiful illustrations.
  Integrated Activity: (kindergarten/1st grade) Use this book as an activity during math to give students a chance to interact and do something out of the ordinary. Students can sing along and clap as we read the book. 
  Reviewers name/affiliation: Emma McGee-VSU

"Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes"

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mem Fox/Helen Oxenbury

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. 
PUBLICATION DATE: 2008
GENRE: Nonfiction/Informational Picture Book      READING LEVEL: Kindergarten
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book is about sweet baby toes and sweet baby fingers and has a rhyming scheme throughout it. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Trace students hands and have them find rhyming words to go in each finger. 
REVIEWER"S NAME & AFFILIATION: Megan Powell, Valdosta State University

Hippos Go Berserk

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Sandra Boynton

PUBLISHER:  Little Simon      PUBLICATION DATE: 2000

GENRE: Picture Book/Board Book        READING LEVEL: PreK-K

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Silly hippos throw a party in this counting book for young readers.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will practice counting forward and backward using numbered stuffed animals.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kirsti Slaughter, Valdosta State University

LABELS: hippos, counting, board book

A Bad Case of Stripes

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: David Shannon

PUBLISHER: Scholastic         

PUBLICATION DATE: June 1^st, 2004

GENRE: fiction                   

READING LEVEL: 7-9 years

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book is about a little girl who gets a bad case of stripes because she is so worried about what other people think about her.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: This book could help children see the different patterns in the changing stripes of the little girl. Students can also count the stripes. Teachers can have students illustrate pictures of themselves and others to notice differences.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jenna Fielding Valdosta State University

Pugs in a Bug

TITLE: Pugs in a Bug

AUTHOR: Carolyn Crimi

ILLUSTRATOR: Stephanie Buscema

PUBLISHER: Dial

PUBLICATION DATE: March 15^th, 2012

GENRE: Contemporary

READING LEVEL: 5-6 years

BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book is about six pugs that go on a trip through the city. It is written in rhyming words and helps students with counting.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students can use the book to help them with counting and recognizing rhyming words.

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Jenna Fielding Valdosta State University 

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