Baker circumvents those oft-pesky 'teens in one deft double-page spread: "Eleven to nineteen-skip, skip, skip! " Then it's a double-page spread per decade, with peas traveling, napping, watching fireworks and more. At "TEN peas building-pound, pound, pound ," the peas erect a wooden platform around the numeral-mainly, it would seem, as an excuse for exuberantly hammering dozens of nails. " Those numerals rise sky-high (to peas, at least) to dominate the digitally composed visuals, often serving as props for the frenzy of vegetative activity. "ONE pea searching-look, look, look, / TWO peas fishing-hook, hook, hook. Baker sidesteps the trickiness of rhyming the numerals by selecting a repeating word for each short verse. Each page rhymes and repeats an easy word three times while teaching kids to count in ones and later tens.Īfter an alphabetical, rhyming tour de force (LMNO Peas, 2010), Baker's energetic pea pack is back-this time, to count by ones and 10s. This is a fun, very colorful picture book of peas engaging in their favorite activities while counting. Theme(s): numbers, activities, counting, peas
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