I Can Count to Ten and Back Again

by Linda Hayward, Maggie Swanson (Illustrator)

Big Bird counts from one to ten as he stocks the shelves of his new store and counts backwards from ten to one as he sells his merchandise to customers.

Genres: Childrens, Counting, Fiction

24 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1985

About the author

Linda was born in California’s Central Valley, but raised and schooled in south Alabama, during the turbulent 1960’s. Married to her high school sweetheart, she and Tom have two grandchildren, Georgia and Joshua, who give her plenty of ideas for writing children’s stories.

Her first book in the series, “Marshall Visit’s the Hospital,” Marshall leads children around a sometimes scary world, showing them there’s nothing to be afraid of in instances of doctor visits or the possibilities of staying in a hospital. In subsequent books, Marshall will show there are responsibilities to be met as a contributor to the family: caring for pets, helping others, volunteering one’s time, and even accepting a new baby into the household. It is hoped that Marshall will teach children about their world in a fun and entertaining way. The reality is, they may at sometime need to protect themselves against strangers and bullies. Marshall is here to help build their self-confidence and not make them afraid to stand up for themselves.

Marshall, will also teach the importance of staying healthy and seeing the fun in fitness.

It is Linda’s hope that children from the ages three to eight can relate and benefit from Marshall and his friend’s experiences.

Her first in a series, MARSHALL VISITS the HOSPITAL, was published and released in October 2008. Linda has worked in childcare development and has been a teacher’s assistant to first graders. She has written several short stories, for Ben Romero’s book, CHICKEN FLUFF AND OTHER STUFF, and for author, Janice Stevens’ anthology, STORIES OF SERVICE. She is currently working on a history project for the Clovis Unified School District, to be published and released in 2009.

Reviews

[Samantha · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a classic Sesame Street book published in 1985. The story is about Big Bird setting up a store to sell things. He begins be placing one glass of water for sale, then two tires, then three carrots, etc. After he is finished he things begin to sell is order counting down from ten to one. This book would be great to teach numbers counting up and down from one to ten and ten to one.

[Blue · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute counting book. It used some previously-known information, not supplied in the book, to fill in the characters but having forgotten most of that it still made sense.

The cover does not represent the content in the book, as the number of cookies is incorrect the the book does not at all cover money, payment, or counting of payment and giving change.