My First Book of Numbers

Kim Deegan. Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, $7.95 (24pp) ISBN 978-1-58234-755-4

Bold and bright graphics and one intelligent toddler figure prominently in two paper-over-board books by Kim Deegan. My First Book of Numbers counts down from 10 bowling pins to ""one big mess!"" as the child plays with toys; in My First Book of Opposites, the child hides ""under"" and sits ""on"" a box, wears sunglasses when it's ""bright"" and, when it's ""dark,"" peers from a lighted window. (June)

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