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The Numbers Store: Sunday Adventures Series
This stunning, early-concept board book series features an intergenerational Black family over the course of a day at the local grocery store, as readers learn colors and numbers.
When Mom realizes there are zero eggs in the house, the entire family heads to the store to pick up more. Readers can join the counting fun as the family shops and adds more items to their basket--from three bananas to five plums--amid the backdrop of a bustling market. Publishing simultaneously with The Rainbow Park , The Numbers Store studies numbers through the experience of an intergenerational Black family’s trip to the local grocery store.
When Mom realizes there are zero eggs in the house, the entire family heads to the store to pick up more. Readers can join the counting fun as the family shops and adds more items to their basket--from three bananas to five plums--amid the backdrop of a bustling market. Publishing simultaneously with The Rainbow Park , The Numbers Store studies numbers through the experience of an intergenerational Black family’s trip to the local grocery store.
24 pages, Board Book
Published May 2, 2023
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June 6, 2024
Loved this board book. We picked it up at the library, and now we might need to get a copy for our home collection. At first glance, it's just a simple counting book with little story, but it has so much more going on than that.
I was extremely impressed with it as a counting book for a number of reasons:
1. It starts with Zero. The first page introduces the concept of "none" before there is anything to count. I have never seen a counting book do this before.
2. Numbers 1 through 8 were pretty standard counting examples (1 employee, 2 doors, 3 bananas, etc), but the pictures were more complex, which gives a child the opportunity to look for the items and point to them, rather than just having them laid out.
3. Number 9 introduced the concept of a number representing a position. The page wasn't " there are nine registers." Rather, it was "We checked out at the 9th register." A totally new way to think about using numbers.
4. Number 10 introduced the concept of measuring something intangible. It took the family 10 minutes to drive home. Another new way to use numbers.
Aside from it being a counting book, there was a lot to love:
1. The illustrations were absolutely gorgeous. Every item had a unique texture (like scrapbooking paper). If you looked at a group of oranges, they would all be orange, but each one would have a unique pattern in the peel.
2. Every character in the book was a person of color.
3. The story centers around a multi-generational family running errands together. I appreciated both that the family was diverse in age and that they were joyfully taking part in mundane, daily tasks together.
4. The beautiful, colorful illustrations of groceries make it an excellent book to revisit with a toddler. The pages gave us the opportunity to point out specific colors and specific food items. We could flip to any page and use it as an educational tool.
A+ book. Will read again.
I was extremely impressed with it as a counting book for a number of reasons:
1. It starts with Zero. The first page introduces the concept of "none" before there is anything to count. I have never seen a counting book do this before.
2. Numbers 1 through 8 were pretty standard counting examples (1 employee, 2 doors, 3 bananas, etc), but the pictures were more complex, which gives a child the opportunity to look for the items and point to them, rather than just having them laid out.
3. Number 9 introduced the concept of a number representing a position. The page wasn't " there are nine registers." Rather, it was "We checked out at the 9th register." A totally new way to think about using numbers.
4. Number 10 introduced the concept of measuring something intangible. It took the family 10 minutes to drive home. Another new way to use numbers.
Aside from it being a counting book, there was a lot to love:
1. The illustrations were absolutely gorgeous. Every item had a unique texture (like scrapbooking paper). If you looked at a group of oranges, they would all be orange, but each one would have a unique pattern in the peel.
2. Every character in the book was a person of color.
3. The story centers around a multi-generational family running errands together. I appreciated both that the family was diverse in age and that they were joyfully taking part in mundane, daily tasks together.
4. The beautiful, colorful illustrations of groceries make it an excellent book to revisit with a toddler. The pages gave us the opportunity to point out specific colors and specific food items. We could flip to any page and use it as an educational tool.
A+ book. Will read again.
December 14, 2023
"We have ZERO eggs. Let's go to the store."
As a kid I know I would have loved the bright colors and illustrations by Deann Wiley.
As an adult, I'm filled with questions like, "Does the whole extended family of six really need to come to the store?" And, "How does a family that size share THREE bananas?"
Oh, well - at least they remembered the eggs.
As a kid I know I would have loved the bright colors and illustrations by Deann Wiley.
As an adult, I'm filled with questions like, "Does the whole extended family of six really need to come to the store?" And, "How does a family that size share THREE bananas?"
Oh, well - at least they remembered the eggs.
May 22, 2023
This book introduces basic number concepts through a Black family's trip to the grocery store. The text and illustrations are bold and snappy, and I was impressed with every aspect of the book.
July 17, 2023
Perfection!
January 21, 2025
A family trip to the grocery provides a delightfully colorful counting book for beginning readers in a sturdy board book package.
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February 28, 2025Cute book for babies
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