Inky Counts with Friends

by Riley Morgan, Tsuri Shemer (Editor), Inna Nastenko (Illustrator)

Inky is a small and cute splashy creature made out of ink. He is going out to play with his friends and learns basic counting skills. Inky's heart is all about friendship and sharing and in this book he is also learning about counting. The author displays a unique understanding of the child’s mindset and masterfully weaves a tale that wisely deals with important social skills, like helping others, sharing and accepting differences. Inky Counts with Friends introduces the children to basic counting and math in an original, flowing and captivating way. It helps them to absorb valuable social skills and practice the foundations of thinking, all in a fun and enjoyable way.

58 pages, Paperback

Published February 10, 2019

About the author

Riley Morgan loves kids. Morgan is a parent, grandparent and former journalist. He got connected to his inner kid and decided to harness his unique talent for storytelling and special connection with young children to create a series of stories that are entertaining as they are educational.
All of Riley Morgan’s stories are first read to children. Then, based on their reactions and feedback, the stories are polished to match the interest of the young audience.
By presenting characters with high social awareness, and eco-friendly, Morgan seeks to educate his readers and their kids to grow up to become better people.
Morgan works closely with his illustrators to shape the beloved characters and masterfully create endearing scenes.

Reviews

[Cynthia Gutzwiller]

Inky Makes New Friends

This is a very happy book that also teaches math and Inky also makes new friends. This bedtime story is great for the 2-6 year old young children. Riley Morgan has made this book everyone will like that is easy to read and gives illustration clues for the kids to learn subtraction.
Inky is going to the park to play with his friends. He is taking a bag of marbles. There are ten. We all stop to count the balls. On the way he sees a girl crying. He goes up to her to find out why. She tells him her teddy bear has lost an eye. Does Inky help her? Does he just go on by? It's Inky!! You know what he will do. You can read or listen to this easy to read book and found out how!

[Ms. Gayle]

Great for basics of counting and sharing, and other surprises too!

Highly recommend for counting basics and great kid friendly storyline. Great job!

Also, some practice with adding and subtracting to 10.