A simple introduction to the meaning of numbers and sets as a rooster, on his way to see the world, is joined by fourteen animals along the way.

An acrobatic act begins with one bear on a unicycle and ends with twenty-one bears and sixteen wheels flying through the air.

Numbers from one to one hundred climb to the top of an apple tree in this rhyming chant.

A lion, a dog, and a tiger balance apples on their heads.

Russell the sheep tries all different ways to get to sleep.

Introduces the seven symbols and their values, shows how to add and subtract to make numbers. Teaches how the symbols interact and about the bar across the top and the open box that are used for larger numbers. Shows Roman numerals in real life settings: on clocks, in books, and on buildings.

As friends Bear and Mouse share a day together, Bear counts various objects, from one to five, and the reader is invited to do the same.

Each car on the train has one more zoo animal than the one before, from the first car with an elephant to the last with ten birds.

On Easter morning, when Ruby finds all ten of the marshmallow chicks hidden by the Easter Bunny, Grandma must quickly think of a way to make things fair for Max.

On a wet spring night, one big frog sings KA-BLU-URP! Two tiny frogs sing PREEP, PREEP, three young frogs sing RIBBIT, RIBBIT, all the way up to ten frogs who trill PEEP, PEEP as a frog chorus fills the air with grunts and croaks and chirps. The night is resonant until . . . a car splashes down the street and all the frogs, from ten down to one, are hushed! Shirley Parenteau offers a joyfully cacophonous counting-up and counting-down story, vibrantly...