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Count backwards with endangered animals in this new lift-the-flap book from two-time Caldecott Honoree Laura Vaccaro Seeger.
Young animal lovers and budding ecologists will delight in flexing their counting skills with each turn of the page. In each spread, animals peek through cutouts—guess who? Lift the flap to reveal some of earth’s most dazzling endangered creatures, from leatherback sea turtles to giant pandas to snow leopards and more. When you’re done counting the animals, check out the back to learn more about how you can help protect them.
Laura Vaccaro Seeger, beloved creator of books like
About the author
Laura Vaccaro Seeger is the author and illustrator of nearly two dozen acclaimed picture books, including Red and Why?, each the recipient of four starred reviews, and the popular Dog and Bear series, the first of which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Medal. She has been awarded a Caldecott Honor twice, for First the Egg and again for Green, and a Geisel Honor twice, for First the Egg and One Boy. She lives in Rockville Centre, New York.
Summary
Young readers can master counting down from 10 while learning about some of the world’s most endangered animals in author-artist Seeger’s marvelously illustrated lift-the-flap book.
—The Washington Post
