Let's Count It Out, Jesse Bear - Hardcover

Carlstrom, Nancy White

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0689804784 ISBN 13: 9780689804786

Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing, 1996

Synopsis

Through amusing rhymes and fun illustrations, an exciting counting book follows Jesse Bear and his friends as they spend a fun-filled day out at the beach and amusement park and count everything they see.

About this title

From Kirkus Reviews:

Carlstrom and Degen team up for their sixth entry in a beloved series. Cuddly Jesse and his furry family effortlessly explore numbers 1-20 while enjoying simple pleasures that are especially sweet to preschoolers. Carlstrom is at her jaunty best with a series of rhymes for the first ten numbers: In ``Happy Hopping Two Shoes,'' Jesse is ``Jumping high,\Landing loud.\New shoes dancing,\New shoes proud.'' Much more is celebrated, including instant photos of the family of ``We three bears,'' four ``thumping, bumping'' bumper cars, ``five alive'' crabs skittering across the sandy beach, seven stars counted with Daddy, up to ``Ten and Back Again'' is especially appealing, with Jesse's careful enumeration of rocks: ``But nine I'll give to Mommy soon,\And ten\Will be my little moon.'' Addition is the focus of the final spreads ending with the delicious prospect of ``19 and one more are 20,'' as in 20 ice-cream cones. Degen's now-familiar watercolors are as snug as ever. (Picture book. 2-6) -- Copyright ©1996, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.

From Publishers Weekly:

That active, adorable ursine, Jesse Bear, is back, engaged this time in a high-impact counting game. As he counts from one to 20, to the bouncy beat of Carlstrom's breathlessly energetic verse ("Turn the wheel/ And hold on tight./ Honk the horn/ And blink the light./ Thumping, bumping/ Slamming?bam!/ Bumper cars/ Are in a jam"), Jesse is sure to entertain and edify his legions of fans. From one to 10, different settings serve as a means to number fun: a photo booth (three faces in a picture), a beach (five live crabs), an evening sky (seven stars). Each of these digits is treated to its own poem, while numbers 11 through 20 (12 hats, 15 balls, etc.) are featured more simply on smaller, picture-packed panels in the last part of the book. Degen's detailed pen-and-ink and watercolor illustrations offer readers plenty to peruse, equally conveying the energy and enthusiasm of the text. Ages 2-6.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0689804784
• ISBN 13: 9780689804786
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Degen Bruce