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In My Garden
Ward Schumaker
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In this garden the reader learns to count from one watering can to ten snails, from twenty weepy onions to fifty cherry pies and even to 233 peas.

SLJ Reviews 2000 May (SL0E)

PreS-K-"In my garden I have 1 one watering can-Two pots 2 for planting-" and so on. The numbers go from 1 to 10, then 20, 30, 40, 50, and at last "233 two-hundred thirty-three plump little peas!" These peas are scattered all over the double-page spread. The next spread shows the same formation of peas, each one bearing a number, and the text reads, "Count them yourself!"

This is great for young literalists who do indeed care to count 233 peas; it is also an opportunity to see each number, and to see the multitude that 233 really is. The whimsical cartoons with soft, flat colors and outlined in black were rendered in Adobe Photoshop. The objects to be counted all have faces (20 weeping onions) and the 7 birds are singing from sheet music by Bach. This is a clever, enjoyable addition to the rich variety of counting books available.-Carolyn Jenks, First Parish Unitarian Church, Portland, ME Copyright 2000 Cahners Business Information.