Author: Molly Bang
Title: Ten, nine, eight
Illustrator: Molly Bang
Publisher: Greenwillow
Year: 1984
Genre: Counting book
Format: Hardcover
Reading Level: Assisted, emergent reader
Interest level: baby, pre-k
Topics: counting, girl, bedtime, rhyming
Summary: A reverse counting book where it starts with counting "ten brown toes" and goes all the way down to "one big girl, ready for bed." It goes through the entire ritual of a little girl getting ready for bed while counting in reverse.
Extension Activity: Have the kids describe the rituals they do at night and in the morning. Have them make a list of the things that they do starting from first to last or last to first. Have them draw a picture.
