One Was Johnny: A Counting Book

by Maurice Sendak
One Was Johnny: A Counting Book
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188 ratings, 4.20 average rating, 10 reviews (more data...)
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published
March 15th 1991 by HarperTrophy (first published 1968)

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Paperback, 48 pages

isbn
0064432513    (isbn13: 9780064432511)

description

One was Johnny — but that's not all, count all the others who came to call.'

Author Biography: Maurice Sendak received the 1964 Caldecott Medal for

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Shanna Gonzalez
May 28, 2009
Shanna Gonzalez rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: children-00-04
Read in May, 2009
This is an original silly counting book, given in rhyme and cumulative verse. For each number up to ten, a different animal or character joins Johnny in his house; when it gets too crowded, he threatens to eat everyone and they leave one by one. Sendak's artwork is delightful, and the slapstick humor and anticipatory drama is very fun. This book may not actually teach children to count unless they memorize it, but it does have the slight advantage of going backwards as well as forwards. The ...more
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Sara
Feb 03, 2008
Sara rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: reading-aloud
Read in January, 2008
I enjoy reading this to A. for its rhyme scheme alone. "One was Johnny who lived by himself. Two was a rat who jumped on his shelf." Johnny, sitting at a little table and trying to relax by reading a book, is a cute role model in a curmudgeonly way. He finds the addition of 8 animals plus one robber more bothersome than remarkable. I won't spoil the ending but in the middle of the book Johnny says he'll count backwards from ten and if they aren't all gone he'll eat them. It's ver...more
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Justyn Rampa
Jan 16, 2010
Justyn Rampa rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2010
This is book intended to teach children how to count up to ten and back down again. Again, imagination and illustration steal the show. Actually, the dog who came in and sat steals the show!
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Robin Ramsey
Oct 11, 2009
Robin Ramsey rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: children-books
My son ABSOLUTELY LOVES this book. He sings it along with the Carole King album and can't get enough of it! He can read this book over and over and over...
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John
Apr 12, 2009
John rated it: 5 of 5 stars

was definitely my favorite early childhood book something akin to Calvin and Hobbe's Hamster Huey.
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Stephanie
May 21, 2009
Stephanie rated it: 3 of 5 stars

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Read in May, 2009
Ella and I flipped through this book a couple times. It didn't really grab us.
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Lesley
Jun 27, 2009
Lesley rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in June, 2009
Cute counting and rhyming book for young readers and listeners
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Skylar Burris
Jun 04, 2008
Skylar Burris rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: childrens
Read in June, 2008
A unique counting book because of its good meter/rhyme and its use of advanced vocabulary (for a preschooler). The Scholastic Video version (put into song) is quite enjoyable for my daughter. She wasn't deeply impressed with the book, however, having seen the video first. I find it pleasant to read aloud, which is more than I can say for a great many children's books these days.
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Sarah
May 22, 2008
Sarah rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2008
recommends it for: people learning to count
This book helped me learn to count. Granted, almost 30 years ago. But I can still count to this very day.
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Lisa
Jun 20, 2008
Lisa rated it: 3 of 5 stars

bookshelves: children
More fun to sing it. :)
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Julie
Mar 16, 2010
Julie rated it: 5 of 5 stars

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Heather
Mar 11, 2010
Heather rated it: 4 of 5 stars


Lenna
Mar 08, 2010
Lenna rated it: 4 of 5 stars

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Robin
Mar 03, 2010
Robin rated it: 5 of 5 stars


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Feb 24, 2010
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Mary
Feb 23, 2010
Mary rated it: 4 of 5 stars


Ana712
Feb 23, 2010
Ana712 rated it: 5 of 5 stars


Bianca Martine
Feb 19, 2010
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Feb 14, 2010
Hilsnesto rated it: 4 of 5 stars




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