Kids Book Index
Delia Ruiz
A bilingual English-Spanish counting book uses a salsa dance invitation and dancing shoes to introduce the numbers from one through ten. Salsa provides the framework for counting, with rhythmic text and colorful illustrations. The book is part of a group of English-Spanish board books that introduces primary concepts through Latin dance, alongside companion volumes about cumbia and merengue.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
Ten Blocks to the Big Wok: A Chinatown Counting BookYing-Hwa HuMia and her Uncle Eddie walk ten blocks through Chinatown on their way to the Big Wok for dim sum. Their bilingual English and Chinese counting journey notices cultural landmarks and objects in numbered groups, including a panda, stone lions, turtles, and miniature trees. At the restaurant, Mia counts the food on the table, then takes anchovies to share with the orange-and-white cat that followed them.Under FiveOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Some of These Are SnailsCarter Higgins, illustrated by Carter HigginsSome of These Are Snails is a concept book about sorting, classification, patterns, and perspective. It presents familiar ideas in unexpected ways and uses a playful approach to ask how things can be grouped, distinguished, and seen differently. Rather than following a conventional plot, the book focuses on changing points of view and on the relationships among patterns and categories.Librarian Favorites — K–2nd GradeLexile Text Measure NP0LATOS Book Level 0.1On the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details
Kitty & Cat: Bent Out of ShapeMirka Hokkanen, illustrated by Mirka HokkanenIt is bath time, but Cat cannot be found until Kitty, Puppy, and several flies look closely. Their pursuit leads through shapes concealed in the scenes, including trapezoids, triangles, circles, squares, and others. Cat is described as literally bent out of shape, while the search uses housemates and sight gags to reveal the shapes that are hiding in plain view.Pre-KindergartenOn the same reading list for the same age or grade groupView book details