Series: Picture Books Series.
Subject Areas: Math, Counting, Picture Book, Storybook, Nature.
Ages: 2,3,4,5,6,7.
Type: Picture Books, Math Concept Book

Wow. Wow! This is my new all-time favorite Usborne book -- and that's hard to imagine since I've been an Usborne rep for 15 years now! The illustrations are adorable (who doesn't love penguins, especially baby penguins?), the story is fun, the vocabulary is simple, and the book is fabulous for teaching large number concepts. I love that at the beginning of the book it says: "From a brilliant idea by Jenny Tyler."

Years ago Usborne had a book that pictured one hundred crows, and then you would turn the page to see one thousand crows, and I thought that made an incredible impact. Well, this book contains a large poster that you unfold, to show kids what one million looks like. It's way more mind-boggling than I could have ever imagined. To learn more about the author of the book, and how they made a poster of EXACTLY one million stars, click here.

The books in this series are slightly oversized, just a bit over 10 inches square, and each has a smooth, puffy feel which makes them fun to hold. The large format and simple illustrations are perfect for reading and showing to a group of children. Loads of other books in this series are really nice -- to read about them you can click here.

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