Ten, Nine, Eight

Molly Bang. Greenwillow Books, $6.99 (24pp) ISBN 978-0-688-10480-1

According to PW , ``This beguiling picture book, with a palette of eye-filling colors, appears to arise naturally from the love binding a father and his little ``big'' girl who turn bedtime into playtime with a rhyming game.'' Ages 3-6. (May)

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