| Anno's Counting Book Contributor(s): Anno, Mitsumasa (Author), Anno, Mitsumasa (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 069001287X ISBN-13: 9780690012873 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $17.99 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: March 1977 Annotation: "An excellent introduction to number systems that is a beautiful wordless picture book as well. . . . Over the course of a year (each picture represents a month and time of day) a little town grows up with viewers witnessing the building of bridges, streets, and railroads. . . . Extraordinary lovely artwork".--School Library Journal. ALA Notable Children's Book. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Counting & Numbers - Juvenile Nonfiction | Mathematics - General - Juvenile Nonfiction | Concepts - Seasons |
| Dewey: 513.5 |
| LCCN: 76028977 |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 10.2" W x 9.98" (0.84 lbs) 32 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A simple, beautiful introduction to math for the youngest readers Every child is a natural mathematician, according to Mitsumasa Anno. Children are constantly comparing and classifying things and events they observe around them. As they try to bring sense and order into what they observe, they are actually performing basic mathematical feats. With Anno's Counting Book, the creator of the brilliantly inventive Anno's Alphabet invites young readers on another stimulating adventure of the imagination--this time into the world of numbers and counting. Gentle watercolor pictures show a landscape changing through the various times of day and the turning seasons, months and years, and the activities of the people and animals who come to live there. But the seemingly simple plan of the book is deceptive: look more carefully and you will see one-to-one correspondences; groups and sets; scales and tabulations; changes over time periods; and many other mathematical relationships as they occur in natural, everyday living. The reader is subtly led to see and understand the real meaning of numbers. Look at this book and look again. Each time you do so, you will find another application of a natural mathematical concept that you had not noticed before. |
Contributor Bio(s): Anno, Mitsumasa: - Mitsumasa Anno is the award-winning author-illustrator of , which won the Kate Greenaway Medal Honor award. |