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Roar!: A Noisy Counting Book
One day, while great big lions lie basking in the sun, a little lion cub goes off to find some fun. Roars the little lion cub.
"Who will play with me?
1 red monkey rushes up a tree.
Poor little lion cub! All he wants is someone to play with, but he is simply too noisy. As the little lion cub Roars his way across the grassland, young picture-book readers can count the African...more
"Who will play with me?
1 red monkey rushes up a tree.
Poor little lion cub! All he wants is someone to play with, but he is simply too noisy. As the little lion cub Roars his way across the grassland, young picture-book readers can count the African...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
April 26th 2000
by Katherine Tegen Books
(first published 2000)
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Roar is a great take on the counting book format. Here a little lion cub searches for playmates that are all frightened by his roar until he comes across a pride of nine other cubs. The illustrations are excellent, the text is simple enough, and the story gives more to entertain than many counting books.
Roar! A Noisy Counting Book follows a little noisy lion cub as he looks for someone to play with him on the busy African savannah. Each time he comes upon a group of possible playmates, they quickly make themselves scarce once they hear his noisy roars. Each time he meets a group of animals their numbers go up, until he finally finds a group of 9 lion cubs roaring like him, and he makes ten. Various African animals are introduced in this book and the illustrations of each are slightly cartoonish...more
Summary: A lion cub's roar frightens away other colorful animals, from one red monkey to eight brown gazelles, that he wants to come play with him--until he encounters nine other lion cubs.
Not crazy about this book because it is awkward in its flow. I wish the word ROAR was used as the animal sound instead of as a verb. I wanted to really roar when I said the word (it is in caps) but it didn't fit right in the sentence. I would want to encourage the kids to roar with me with this book but it ju...more
Not crazy about this book because it is awkward in its flow. I wish the word ROAR was used as the animal sound instead of as a verb. I wanted to really roar when I said the word (it is in caps) but it didn't fit right in the sentence. I would want to encourage the kids to roar with me with this book but it ju...more
Rabbit loves any book that has "noisy" in the title; this book was waiting for us at my parent's house in FL when we went for a visit earlier this month(my folks found it at their local library). ROAR was a great hit! The sweet story about a lion cub looking for playmates is punctuated by plenty of opportunities to be noisy, counting form one to ten. The illustrations are wonderful and include many of our favorite animals(ie: flamingos, crocodiles, monkeys, hippos, and of course lions!). We migh...more
This is a simple counting book that would entertain children that enjoy animals. Unfortunately, parts of it are a bit wordy, and I had trouble suspending disbelief that certain animal groups would be scared of a lion cub, unless his mom and dad were close by. The pictures were cute and realistic. Some of the rhyme scheme is forced, but kids might not notice that.
I love this book! The way the author wrote the book, each page rhymes and has a "beat" to it. It flows together very well. I also think that the illustrations are cute and colorful! This is a good book for working with children on counting rote!
Good for counting and more. Used it to practice our Spanish animal names and colors and counting too. It's fun for the kids to roar like the little lion cub, and funny for the parents. Why are those animals running away? :)
This book would be a great introduction to counting in Kindergarten! It a simple counting book that has a cute spin on it and relates to animals. This could also be a great book for learning new vocabulary!
This is a cute counting book that I use early in the kindergarten year for math. It is a good book for young children to "read" on their own too. I would suggest this book for preschoolers mostly.
This book is about a lion cub that keeps roaring and everytime he/she roars he chases animals away. I would use this book to engage the children during a read-aloud and teach number order.
This is one of our very favorite counting books. I will give a warning though: by the time I'm doing "reading" this book, my throat hurts from all the "roaring".
One day, while great big lions lie basking in the sun, a little lion cub goes off to find some fun. Roars the little lion cub.
"Who will play with me?
1 red monkey rushes up a tree.
Poor little lion cub! All he wants is someone to play with, but he is simply too noisy. As the little lion cub Roars his way across the grassland, young picture-book readers can count the African animals, identify them by color...and Roars along too.
This rollicking, Roaring poem, about a rambunctious little lion cub, i...more
"Who will play with me?
1 red monkey rushes up a tree.
Poor little lion cub! All he wants is someone to play with, but he is simply too noisy. As the little lion cub Roars his way across the grassland, young picture-book readers can count the African animals, identify them by color...and Roars along too.
This rollicking, Roaring poem, about a rambunctious little lion cub, i...more
I must admit, I picked this one up because it was about a lion. But it turned out to be pretty darn adorable.
It can be hard on the throat to roar so much!
friends, jungle animals, counting
Cute, but weirdly unrhythmic.
Cute story, pics, and it rhymes!
read to the storytime kids - a bit long
This is the type of counting book that is easy to forget its a counting book. The lion cub keeps scaring away potential friends by roaring. Review of savanna animals.
Cute book!
An accessible book for emergent readers. More fun than a typical counting book.
This is an awesome storytime book, but if you want the kids to help you with the "ROARing," it's really important to have good control over the group. I've used with great success before, but today the kids were not up to the roaring.
Great rhythm and rhyme. Little lion cub visits animals (in increasing number) as he explores the grassland.
Preschool/Toddler
counting, noises
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Pamela Duncan Edwards grew up in northern England and moved to the United States several years ago with her husband and two sons. She has lived in the Washington, D.C. area ever since. Her father wrote children’s stories for magazines in England and his love of children’s literature was a huge influence on her. Pamela taught preschool for eleven years in England before becoming a children’s librar...more
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Mar 30, 2011 12:49pm