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This clever instalment in the Big, Little Concept Books
collection celebrates the playful imaginations of ten diverse preschoolers
while exploring categorization and all the ways to add up ten
About the author
Victoria Allenby has been writing poetry and
stories for as long as she can remember. Her debut picture book,
Nat the Cat
Can Sleep Like That, won the 2014 Preschool Reads Award and was nominated
for the 2015 SYRCA Shining Willow Award. More recently, her Big, Little
Concepts Books
Shape Up! Construction Trucks and
Listen Up! Train
Song have earned several starred reviews and a Mathical Book Prize Honor
Book. Victoria lives in Toronto, Ontario.
Summary
6 pots + 4 pans = 10 dishes…or a
feast! With the imaginative play of these creative preschoolers, exploring the
concepts of categorization and adding up to 10 has never been so much fun.
If you ask a
grown-up to add up 8 cars + 2 trucks, they’ll probably say that’s 10 vehicles.
And it’s true. But these 10 young friends know what else those things add up
to: a race! What will they do with 7 robes + 3 capes? Or 6 pots + 4 pans? 10
simple objects can have infinite possibilities.
Previously in the
Big, Little Concepts series, author Victoria Allenby packaged important
kindergarten readiness skills in preschooler-perfect books, featuring shape
recognition in Shape Up, Construction Trucks and sound and rhythm in Listen
Up! Train Song. In Let’s Add Up!, aided by the sweet and lively
illustrations of Maggie Zeng, she cleverly tucks lessons on categorization and
all the ways to compose the number 10 into a playdate full of enticing
imagination and creative play. A closing note to caregivers offers enriching,
age-appropriate activities to keep building their child’s foundational learning
skills. After all, 5 story time snuggles + 5 more = 10 opportunities to build
lifelong learning!
Foreword
- 5,000-copy print run
- Pitch to major review media, including The New York
Times, The Horn Book Magazine, Kirkus Reviews, Booklist, Publishers Weekly,
and School Library Journal - Featured at virtual and in-person conferences
- Targeted marketing to major review centers, influential
bloggers, and major library system selectors - Promotion on social media, including Twitter, Facebook,
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