A review by sunflowerx
Anno's Counting Book by Mitsumasa Anno

2.0

Mitsumasa Anno’s, Anno’s Counting Book, is full of gorgeous illustrations. Aside from the numbers present on each page, there is no text. I feel like it could benefit from the addition of words because children love being read to. Because of the lack of words this book would only work in small settings, like if you were working with 1-3 children. As the book goes on the illustrations have a certain amount of items to represent the large number shown (1-12). Smaller groups of children would be able to quickly pick out how many of each object is present on each page, but this would be hard to do with a larger group. Even though I feel like this book would be better with text, I do appreciate Anno’s attention to detail. The counting blocks on the left side of each page spread is a smart touch. Children could easily point this out and recognize the manipulatives as something they use during math lessons.