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Let's count goats!

Title:

Let's count goats!

Author:

Fox, Mem, 1946- author.

Thomas, Jan, 1958- illustrator.

Summary:

I can see the airport goats and I can see their cases. But can you count the pilot goats with goggles on their faces? This hilarious count-to-ten book features goats of all shapes, sizes, hobbies, and professions—and each spread gives readers a delightful opportunity to count the funny four-legged creatures. Acclaimed author Mem Fox’s renowned humor and infectious rhyme merge with celebrated illustrator Jan Thomas’s bold and brilliant illustrations to make this an instant goat-by-numbers classic. -- Amazon.com.

Audience:

Ages 2-6.

Elementary Grade.

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 23 cm

Genre:

Stories in rhyme.

Picture books.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.0 0.5 140551.

Subject Term:

Goats -- Juvenile fiction.

Counting -- Juvenile fiction.

Author(s):

Thomas, Jan, 1958-

Publisher:

Beach Lane Books,

Electronic Access:

View cover image provided by Mackin

Publication Date:

2010

ISBN:

9781442405981

Publication Information:

New York : Beach Lane Books, [2010]

Call Number:

P FOX

Holds: Copies:

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Summary

I can see the airport goats and I can see their cases.

But can you count the pilot goats with goggles on their faces?

This hilarious count-to-ten book features goats of all shapes, sizes, hobbies, and professions--and each spread gives readers a delightful opportunity to count the funny four-legged creatures. Acclaimed author Mem Fox's renowned humor and infectious rhyme merge with celebrated illustrator Jan Thomas's bold and brilliant illustrations to make this an instant goat-by-numbers classic.

Author Notes

Mem Fox was born on March 5, 1946 in Melbourne, Australia. She attended a drama school in London. She returned to Australia where she was a college professor.

She writes children's books including Possum Magic, Night Noises, Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge, Time for Bed, Koala Lou, Wombat Divine, Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes, Hello Baby!, A Giraffe in the Bath (co-written with Olivia Rawson), Count Goats!, and The Little Dragon. She has also written several books for adults.

She has received numerous awards including the 1990 Dromkeen Medal for distinguished services to children's literature, a 1991 Advance Australia Award for her outstanding contribution to Australian literature, and a medal in the 1993 Australia Day Honours awards for services to the cultural life of Australia.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

School Library Journal Review

PreS-K-The title says it all. Fox and Thomas draw viewers in through catchy phrases and amusing pictures of goats that appear in a variety of shapes, sizes, and numbers. As they romp across the bright, colorful pages, their antics will make children giggle; more importantly, the text encourages listeners to look carefully at what is happening. For example, the number of goats increases as the pages turn, and the author's questions concerning them will motivate viewers to examine the images and figure out the answers. A clever counting lesson.-Barbara Elleman, Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, Amherst, MA (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Publisher's Weekly Review

This animated counting book uses irreverent couplets and a screwball cast of goats for its humor. As if Thomas's goats weren't entertaining enough just to look at (and they are), Fox (Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes) pairs random and often mischievous goat activities with invitations for readers to count the wide-eyed animals. "Here we see a fireman goat climbing through the smoke./ But can we count the RESCUED goats trying not to choke?" And when the narrator says, "Here we see an over goat. And this one's going under," a page turn reveals the question, "But can we count the CROSSING goats, terrified of thunder?" (The goats are seen nervously rowing a boat during a storm.) Thomas (the Dust Bunny books) sets her taupe goats against bright, solid backdrops; whether they are pricking up their ears, jumping off monkey bars, huddled in the snow, or blasting their trumpets, they exude personality and slapstick humor. The only number that shows up in the text is "one," (the book goes up to 10), giving kids the opportunity to practice counting without any hints. Ages 2-6. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.