"nine
elephants
eight
giraffes"
It's hard to describe the beauty found in the graphics Laura Vaccaro Seeger continues to create, while helping our youngest readers learn about concepts such as counting. In this new book, she takes her readers from ten down to one, while also presenting them with images of animals of the world that are either threatened or endangered 'due to exploitation, pollution, vulnerable habitats, and climate change'.
She well deserves the regard given to her many exemplary books. The layout is familiar and always engaging. She begins with the word ten on the left- hand side of the spread; a die-cut on the right shows the number ten created in a hazy blue background. Lift the flap and the reader sees two hug-worthy otters at the front, and eight more in the ocean water behind them.
Each new spread follows the same pattern, the printed word, a cutout that shows the numeral and a flap to lift to discover if the reader has made a good guess about the next animal. Moving down from ten to one seems the perfect choice for presentation when wanting to bring attention to the plight of each of these creatures. Their numbers constantly dwindle.
In back matter, thumbnail sketches present the animals again, along with a list of information about each that includes: where are they from?, what are they like?. what do scientists call them?, how do they live, and what are they threatened by?. A list for further reading is added.
These exceptional animals deserve our attention in this most wonderful way!
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