1, 2, 3 To the Zoo
Written and illustrated by Eric Carle
Publisher: Puffin Books
ISBN: 978-0-14050-926-7
Given that this is my third Eric Carle review you would be right in thinking that I’m a bit of an Eric Carle fan. This book is a counting book and it’s lovely. It starts off with an image of a train, which, for anyone with train-loving children like mine, is a fantastic start for trying to get your kids interested in both books and numbers. Each carriage on the train has a different number of different animals: one elephant; two hippopotamuses; three giraffes, etc and at the end of the story (SPOILER ALERT! Although, really, the title kind of gave the ending away!) the animals all end up at the zoo. As you count the animals on each page the little train icon at the bottom of every pages gets longer as each carriage is added giving the parent an opportunity for repetition to reinforce the series of numbers. I love that Eric Carle cared so much about teaching children in a way that children would love. In saying that, don’t expect miracles in the mathematics department from your kids after reading this book with them. After counting out the eight monkeys I proceeded to ask my children “so, how many monkeys are there?” to which one of them looked at me blankly and the other one replied “twelve!”
My rating: 4 out of 5
Review written by team_s
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