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Over in the Meadow
by Jane Cabrera
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A variation of the counting rhyme that introduces a variety of animals and their activities.

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 2-A fun, friendly variation on an old familiar counting rhyme. A big blue rabbit on the cover beckons readers over to the meadow. Bright colorful endpapers feature a patchwork of big squares with numbers and animals in them to identify. Then Old Mother Turtle and her little turtle one dig, Old Mother Fish and her little fishes two swim, and Old Mother Owl and her little owls three "Tu-whoo" until the rhyme is completed with Old Mother Rabbit and her little rabbits ten twitching. The last two full-page spreads provide opportunities for children to count all of the babies again. The pictures, dark heavy outline around the simple shapes that form the animals rendered in eye-popping colors, have the same appeal as Lucy Cousins's art. The acrylics with heavy obvious brush strokes have the look of finger painting. The movement and energy conveyed in the illustrations enhance the rhyme, and listeners may be inspired to act out the animal actions or chime in on the rhyme. The music is not included. Great fun for storytimes.-Jean Gaffney, Dayton and Montgomery County Public Library, OH