Author Carol Crane and illustrator Alan Stacy who collaborated on the popular alphabet book L is for Lone Star have teamed up again for Round Up, the companion counting book for the great state of Texas. This colorful and richly informative pictorial teaches children numbers and math concepts by using historical figures and places and things specific to Texas as examples.
I thought this book was pretty cool....a counting book with some true history. I love books that have bits of true history in them. I didn't like the way it skipped 16-19 and then from 20 started going by tens. Actually the by tens was ok....I just didn't see why they had to skip 16-19...it seemed weird.
The illustrations are pretty cool....my daughter enjoyed those. She is 5 and I don't think this book was quite as interesting as she thought it would be...not into those lengthy paragraphs on true history yet!