Author: - William Wondriska
Title: - 1, 2, 3, A Book To See
Illustrator: - William Wondriska
Publisher: - Random House
Year: - 1959
Format: - Hardcover
Genre: - Counting Book
Reading Level: - Assisted, Emergent, Independent
Interest Level: - Pre-K
Topics: - numbers, counting, simple pictures
Summary: - This book uses small, simply drawn pictures as counting tools. For each number, beginning with 1, a new picture is added to the collection until eventually there are 10 pictures on the last page to show the number 10. The pictures are shown in such a way as to make it appear like a child could have drawn them with a red crayon or marker. They include: a wagon, bird, baseball, pine tree, house, sun, horse, flower, bike, and stick person.
Extension Activity: - Students will draw a collection of pictures to represent their age. Then, all of the pictures will be put together in a collage. The class will then count (or add, depending on the age) all of the ages to see the number of years represented in the classroom.
