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Title: Counting Crocodiles
ISBN: 0152163565
Author:
Judy Sierra
Publicate Date: 2001-10-01
Publish: 2001-10-01
List Price: $7.00
Average Customer Rating: 4.5
Format: Paperback
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Amazon Lowest New Price: $2.95
Amazon Lowest Used Price: $2.92
Amazon Merchant Price: $7.00
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1: A different approach to a counting book.
Poor little monkey. Lives on an island with a fox and a snail. The only thing to eat are lemons. Boiled, fried, steamed, sauteed, pureed, and dried. A dismal existence for sure. But wait there is a banana tree on the island across the Sillabobble Sea. The only thing in the way is a sea of full of crocodiles. What to do? One promises to carry the monkey across if she counts them. Can the Croc be trusted?
This is a nice little book with decent artwork. It has a nice rhythm to the story and it counts from one to ten but it also counts down from ten as the monkey goes back home.
It's not too scary for little ones. The crocs don't try to bite and they are put it silly situations for the counting part.
The age range given is 3-7 but I think you could probably reduce it to 3-5. Especially, if your child is good with numbers.
Overall not bad for somebody learning to count but for the 6-7 year old; it could be a rarely read book.
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2: Favorite book in our house
My son kept checking this book out at the library, then I found an awesome price at amazon and bought it for him last Christmas we have read it so many times that my 5yo has memorized it, great book for the whole family to sit down together and read
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3: A fun counting and rhyming story
This is a fun story of a monkey who wants some bananas from a tree but has to cross a sea of crocodiles to do it. By counting the crocodiles, (and ultimately outsmarting the crocodiles) the monkey does just that. It has become a family favorite. It has increased our little's girls awareness of counting and her phonemic awareness through the rhyming words.
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4: Interesting Things Happen in the Sillabobble Sea!
As a mother of a 3 year old daughter and an early childhood educator, this is probably my most favorite book available. The story revolves around a monkey who spies a banana tree on an island across the way and tricks the crocodiles into making a bridge for him to go over and retrieve some bananas. Each page is very colorfully illustrated and is told in a very catchy poetic form. Through the story you count crocodiles from one to ten and back again. The book is short but puts a smile on your face all the way through. This story is excellent for teaching values, sequence in stories and in counting, and is a great introduction to crocodiles. A huge fan of The Crocodile Hunter, my daughter finds this story entertaining, and is one of the only stories she asks me to read over and over. It's nice because this is one of the only stories I like reading over and over!
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5: Grown-ups will love it, kids love it more!!
When we borrowed this from the library, we read it several times per day, and my kids were begging to keep it when it was time to return it. Now we have to buy a copy for ourselves, plus one for a gift. The rhymes are better than clever--maybe even brilliant! With the catchy rhythm, this was easily the most fun book I've ever read with my kids. My four-year-old daughter was soon reading it to her brother, with the help of the fantastic illustrations. All in all, a very fun book that will thrill young and old!
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