What It Is
Written by the mathematician-and-poet team Edmund Harriss and Houston Hughes, and illustrated by longstanding New York Times artist Brian Rea, this rollicking, rhyming book will take you to a whole new world of numbers.

The How (I Felt)
A little wordy, but the rhymes are oh-so fun and at the same time explain math concepts so very well. Children definitely need an adult or an older person to read this with them, for it is word play and math concepts all in one.

For example, just look at the book’s description:

‘First think of One peeking out from the night Like a point, or a dot, or a shimmering light. But when One finds a friend to run from or run to, Then we can’t call both “One”—that new One must be Two!’

The book itself is more of the same… and brilliant it is from frame to frame.. (oh, well, page is what I meant, but it wouldn’t have been rhyming content!)

And I cannot forget about the artwork here. I loved the adorable, bright, cute, delightful, educational, fun, great illustrations (I stopped with g.. could have continued but don’t want this review to be overlong too)

Perfect Pairing
Pair it up with Outdoor Math to add more fun to learning (with) numbers!

In Summary
This is a fun and certainly unique way to look at numbers, and how they relate to each other as well; and the illustrations are sure to delight all readers.

Source: NetGalley e-Review Copy. All opinions are uninfluenced by anyone and my own.

This is a cute, engaging book that is a next step after a counting book. It introduces concepts of what you can make with numbers- shapes, angles, lines, groups- with cute little googly-eyed colored balls to act it all out, making it easier to grasp. The rhyming text adds to the fun. An adult's help might be needed as the concepts get more complicated.

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I read this book with my daughter and whilst I liked the idea and the concept it just didn't work for me.

The images were ok and the wording was ok, nothing about the book has encouraged me to read it with her again and that is a real disappointment - I am hoping that it works better for other parents out there

Sadly it is 3 stars from me for this one.

This is a wonderful book when you're teaching about counting. I used this book in my Kindergarten classroom and my students LOVED it! The illustrations are so wonderful and the characters are so fun! I highly recommend this book to any teacher or parent who need more "math" picture books in their library!

Very fun read. Would be excellent for the story time but the concepts span numbers and shapes so might be better for slightly older children.

This was okay, and would make a great read-along book. I liked all the colors and how it made counting fun.

Such a cute book on numbers to teach counting! I love how the author made it personal & think this would be a fantastic class room read-aloud book! The illustrations are great & not too busy & it read really easily too. It's not too long & not too short, overall a fantastic book for all kiddos!!!

This is a really fun and engaging way to introduce some if the different aspects of maths. The numbers start off simple but are quickly used to explain concepts such as odd and even numbers and some angles and shapes. It isn't too information-heavy though and the rhymes and illustrations make it enjoyable to just read as a fun book.

This is a great book to teach children about numbers and how they function together. It also hits on shapes. Most likely an adult will need to read this book with a child to help them interpret all the concepts explained in it's pages.