cover image Count with Me 1 to 10

Count with Me 1 to 10

Ana Palmero Cáceres. Charlesbridge, $9.99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-58089-892-8

This striking counting book features abstract depictions of animals in shades of red, green, and blue set against matte black and brown pages. The patterns appear on the left pages; the numbers and animals names appear on the right (among them a jaguar, snakes, armadillos, monkeys, and scorpions). Readers aren’t likely to immediately recognize the animals pictured—Cáceres’s geometric figures almost resemble eight-bit computer graphics. Back matter explains that the designs were inspired by baskets created by the Ye’kuana people of Venezuela: “The first time I saw wapas, I knew I loved the shapes on the baskets,” she writes. The eye-catching designs invite readers to think differently about the way familiar objects are represented. Ages up to 3. [em](Jan.) [/em]