My Four Book

My First Steps to Math #4

by Jane Belk Moncure, Ellen Joy Sasaki (Illustrator)

Little Four is a curious and playful boy who enjoys counting things that come in fours. Readers learn aboud the concept of the number four as they follow Little Four on his fun-filled day counting zoo animals and sharing lunch with a friend.

32 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 1985

About the author

Jane Belk Moncure (born December 1926) is an American author of early childhood non-fiction, fiction and poetry. She has also written under the names Bruce Wannamaker and Jennie Davis.

Moncure has lived in Virginia and North Carolina. She worked in early childhood education for thirty-five years. She lives in Elon College, North Carolina.

Moncure is a creative and prolific author: there are millions of her books in circulation, and they are widely distributed in schools and libraries. Distribution has been primarily through The ChildsWorld, ChildrensPress and Scholastic. Her creations and works include My First Steps to Reading, My First Steps to Math, My First Steps to Science, Word Bird, The Soundbox Books, and The Magic Castle Series. Her works have been translated into British English, Spanish, French, Chinese, and Malay. Belk Library, Elon University holds a collection of all published books by Moncure.

Jane Belk Moncure is a recipient of the C.S. Lewis Award and over the past 20 years, her works were recognized by numerous Awards. Most recently, in 2008, Jane received the Scholastic Teacher's Choice Award for her outstanding contribution to the My First Steps to Learning Program. --from Wikipedia

Reviews

[Darleen Roche · Rating 2 out of 5]

My Four Book is part of a series of ten. It begins counting everything the child does or sees - and adds up to four. It gives the children an opportunity to count to four several times. A good learning to count book for pre-school.