
Toddler-Gr 1–There is no young child on the planet who won’t fall in love with the pigeon’s version of events. Like a child who refuses to go to bed and falls asleep in place, this pigeon has so many excuses for not counting and then enumerates those reasons one at a time, in chronological order, to 10. The crushing admission is that the pigeon hates counting to 10 because sometimes the step beyond the number nine is elusive. Emboldened by success, the pigeon counts to 11. A shaggy dog story as a counting book? You bet. Children will find their own excuses to keep on counting even after the book is closed.
VERDICT The pigeon will count to 10 in story hours and classroom counting units; children can take it from there. Bold and funny.
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