Gentle watercolor pictures show a landscape changing through the various times of day and the turning seasons, months and years, and the activities of the people and animals who come to live there. But the seemingly simple plan of the book is deceptive: look more carefully and you will see one-to-one correspondences; groups and sets; scales and tabulations; changes over time periods; and many other mathematical relationships as they occur in natural, everyday living. The reader is subtly led to see and understand the real meaning of numbers.
Why I like this book: Anno’s Counting Book is a counting book with the numbers on the page clearly presented to help practice counting. The book is full of details for the reader to explore and each page builds on the last to continue the counts.
Windows & Mirrors 