Selected Bibliography of Counting Books

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"Counting books...can develop themes, tell stories, introduce numerals...or provide pictures for young children to discuss. The concepts conveyed by these books are not always as simple as 1, 2, 3." - Joan I. Glazer and Gurney Williams, III, Introduction to Children's Literature, p. 127

Locations for books not housed in the Education and Social Science Library are indicated below the call number. Additional counting books can be located by in the online catalog by subject: “counting.” Please direct all comments or requests for information to Nancy O'Brien.

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Bibliography & Reference:

016.51355R543c (Main Stacks)	Roberts, Patricia. Counting Books Are More Than Numbers: An Annotated Action Bibliography. 1990.
016.51355R543c (S-Collection Reference)	Cooper, Cathie Hiltebran. Counting Your Way Through 1-2-3: Books and Activities. 1997.

Counting Books:

Q.SE.Ai67d	Aiossa, Janet. Deep in the Woods: a Counting Story. 2005.
Q.SE.An234l:E	Anderson, Lena. Tea for Ten. 2000.
SE.An78ac	Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Counting Book. 1977.
SE.An78ach	Anno, Mitsumasa. Anno's Counting House. 1982.
SE. Ap48r	Appelt, Kathi. Rain Dance. 2001.
Q.SE.Ar226b	Archambault, John. Boom Chicka Rock. 2004.
S.B141o	Bader, Bonnie. 100 Monsters in My School. 2002.
SE.B167h	Bajaj, Varsha. How Many Kisses Do You Want Tonight?. 2004.
SE.B224t	Bang, Molly. Ten, Nine, Eight. 1983.
Q.SE.B291w	Beil, Karen Magnuson. Mooove Over!: A Book About Counting By Twos. 2004.
SE.B8144te	Brown, Ruth. Ten Seeds. 2001.
S.513.2B8306c	Bruce, Lisa. Counting at a Birthday Party. 2004.
Q.SE.B835bc	Brunhoff, Laurent de. Babar's Counting Book. Random House, 1986.
Q.S.974.7B91t	Burg, Ann E. Times Square: a New York State Number Book. 2005.
SE.B93r	Burningham, John. Read One: Numbers as Words. 1983.
Q.SE.B944f	Burris, Priscilla. Five Green and Speckled Frogs. 2003.
SE.B977t	BButler, John. Ten in the Den. 2005.
Q.SE.C175m	Capucilli, Alyssa Satin. Mrs. McTats and Her Houseful of Cats. 2001.
SE.C245h (Rare Book Library)	Carter, David A. How Many Bugs in a Box?: A Pop-up Counting Book. 2006.
Q.S.513.2C315o	Cave, Kathryn. One Child, One Seed: A South African Counting Book. 2003.
SE.C344o	Chaconas, Dori. One Little Mouse. 2002.
Q.SE.C461f	Christelow, Eileen. Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed. 1989.
Q.S.513.211C478t	Chwast, Seymour. The Twelve Circus Rings. 1st ed. 1993.
Q.SE.C5912m	Clements, Andrew. Mother Earth's Counting Book. 1992.
(Rare Book Library)	Crowther, Robert. The Most Amazing Hide-and-Seek Counting Book. 1981.
Q.S. 513.211 D137h	Dahl, Michael. Hands Down: Counting by Fives. 2005.
S. 513.211 D615n	Dingles, Molly. Number 10, Where is the Hen?/Numero 10, En Donde est la Gallina? . 2004.
S. 513.211 D615no	Dingles, Molly. Number 1, What Grows in the Sun?/Numero 1, Que Crece en el Sol?. 2004.
S. 513.2 D656p	Dobson, Christina. Pizza Counting. 2003.
Q.SE.D6614d 2001	Dodd, Emma. Dog’s Colorful Day. 2001.
SE.D661h	Dodd, Lynley. Hedgehog Howdedo. 2001.
SE.D737t	Dorros, Arthur. Ten Go Tango. 2000.
SE.D9223d	Dunrea, Olivier. Deep Down Underground. 1989.
Q.SE.Eh56f	Ehlert, Lois. Fish Eyes: A Book You Can Count On. 1990.
Q.S.513.211Ev15c	Evans, Leslie. Can You Count Ten Toes?. 1999.
Q.SE.F312w	Fearrington, Ann. Who Sees the Lighthouse? 2002.
SE.F321m	Feelings, Muriel L. Moja Means One: Swahili Counting Book. 1971.
SE.F531k	Fisher, Aileen. Know What I Saw? 2005.
Q.S. 513 F538h	Fisher, Valorie. How High Can a Dinosaur Count?: And Other Math Mysteries. 2006.
SE.F632c	Fletcher, Colin. Count Your Cookies. 2003.
SE.G257o	Gayzagian, Doris K. One White Wishing Stone: A Beach Day Counting Book. 2006.
SE.G443o	Girnis, Margaret. 1, 2, 3 For You And Me. 2001.
SE.G5691c	Golding, Kim. Counting Kids. 2000.
Q.SE.G582te	Gollub, Matthew. Ten Oni Drummers. 2000.
Q.SE.G65o	Gorbachev, Valeri. One Rainy Day. 2002.
Q.SE.G8841w 2002	Grindley, Sally. Where Are My Chicks? 2002.
SE.G959n	Gunzi, Christiane. Numbers. 2001.
Q.SE.H159i	Halls, Kelly Milner. I Bought a Baby Chicken. 2000.
SE.H165c	Halsey, Megan. Circus 1-2-3. 2000.
SE.H262b	Harvey, Jayne. Busy Bugs: A Book About Patterns. 2003.
S.909.0974927 H273c	Haskins, James. Count Your Way Through The Arab World. 1987.
SE.H398t	Henson, Laura. Ten Little Elvi. 2004.
Q.SE.C975	Hines, Anna Grossnickle. Curious George Learns to Count from 1 to 100. 2005.
SE.H651c	Hoban, Tana. Count and See. 1972.
SE.H651wt	Hoban, Tana. Who Are They? 1994.
Q.SE.H653l 2002	Hoberman, Mary Ann. The Looking Book. 2002.
S.513.2H867a	Hudson, Cheryl Willis. Afro-bets 123 Book. 1987.
SE.H8742w	Hughes, Shirley. When We Went to the Park. Lothrop, Lee & 1985.
SE.H97on	Hutchins, Pat. 1 Hunter. 1982.
Q.SE.H97te	Hutchins, Pat. Ten Red Apples. 2000.
S.513.211 Is1o	Isadora, Rachel. 123 Pop! 2000.
Q.SE.J2531m	Jane, Pamela. Monster Countdown: A Spooky Counting Book. 2001.
SE.J253s	Jane, Pamela. Spring Is Here!: A Barnyard Counting Book. 2004.
SE.K159t	Katz, Karen. Ten Tiny Tickles. 2005.
Q.S. 782.4216221 K294g	Kellogg, Steven. Give the Dog a Bone 2000.
SE.K871o	Kredenser, Gail. 1, One Dancing Drum: A Counting Book For Children (and Parents) Who Are Tired of Puppies and Chickens and Horses. Simon & 1971.
Q. SE.K833s	Koller, Jackie French. Seven Spunky Monkeys. 2005.
SE.K962l	Kunhardt, Katharine. Let’s Count the Puppies. 2004.
SE.L335l	Lasker, Joe. Lentil Soup. 1977.
SE.L566i	Lessac, Frane. Island Counting 1 2 3. 2005.
SE.L571o	Leuck, Laura. One Witch. 2003.
SE.L584c	Lewin, Betsy. Cat Count. 2003.
SE.L589ra	Lewison, Wendy Cheyette. Raindrop, Plop! 2004.
SE.L661n	Lionni, Leo. Numbers to Talk About. 1985.
Q.SE.L783o	Lobel, Anita. One Lighthouse, One Moon. 2000.
SE.L8462co	London, Jonathan. Count the Ways, Little Brown Bear. 2002.
SE.M127o	MacCarthy, Patricia. Ocean Parade: A Counting Book. 1990.
SE.M1452l	MacDonald, Suse. Look Whooo’s Counting. 2000.
Q.SE.M319m	Manushkin, Fran. My Christmas Safari. New York: 1993.
Q.SE.M363c	Martin, Bill. Chicka, Chicka, 1, 2, 3. 2004.
Q.SE.M3632r	Martin, Bill. Rock It, Sock It, Number Line. 2001.
SE.M164m	McFarland, Lyn Rossiter. Mouse Went Out to Get a Snack. 2005.
S.513.2 M459s	McGrath, Barbara Barbieri. Soccer Counts! 2003.
SE.M459t	McGinty, Alice B. Ten Little Lambs. 2002.
SE.M217b 2000	McKissack, Pat. Bugs! 2000.
SE.M228c	McMillan, Bruce. Counting Wildflowers. 1986.
Q.S. 811 M49t	Melmed, Laura Krauss. This First Thanksgiving Day: A Counting Story. 2001.
SE.M551t 1992	Merriam, Eve. Train Leaves the Station. 1992.
S.513.2 M551t	Merriam, Eve. 12 Ways to Get to 11. 1993.
S.513.213 M582t	Michelson, Richard. Ten Times Better. 2000.
Q.SE.M698s	Mitton, Tony. Spooky Hour. 2004.
SE.M717c	Mockford, Caroline. Cleo’s Counting Book. 2003.
SE.M792j	Morales, Yuyi. Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book. 2003.
SE.M829o	Morozumi, Atsuko. One Gorilla: A Counting Book. 1990.
Q.SE.M957o	Murphy, Stuart J. 100 Days of Cool. 2004.
Q.S.513.211 M957l	Murphy, Stuart J. Leaping Lizards. 2005.
Q.SE.M957m	Murphy Stuart J. Missing Mittens. 2001.
SE.N588c	Nikola-Lisa, W. Can You Top That? 2000.
Q.SE.N664n	Nobisso, Josephine. The Numbers Dance: A Counting Comedy. 2005.
Q.S.974.8 N668o	Noble, Trinka Hakes. One For All: a Pennsylvania Number Book. 2005.
S.N737m	Noonan, Julia. Mouse by Mouse. 2003.
SE.Oc34t	Ochiltree, Dianne. Ten Monkey Jamboree. 2001.
SE.Ol84t	Olson-Brown, Ellen. Ten Stinky Babies. 2005.
SE.Ox2n	Oxenbury, Helen. Numbers of Things. 1968.
Q.SE.P179u	Pallotta, Jerry. Underwater Counting: Even Numbers. 2001.
SE.P228w	Parker, Sandy. What Month Is It? 2004.
Q.S. 513.2 P363c (Rare Book Library)	Pelham, Sophie. Counting Creatures: Pop-Up Animals from 1 to 100. 2004.
SE.P481rai:E	Pfister, Marcus. Rainbow Fish 1, 2, 3. 2002.
Q.SE.P949t	Provost, Elizabeth. Ten Little Sleepyheads. 2005.
SE.R1162f	Radabaugh, Melinda Beth. First Time 123. 2004.
S.419 R167h	Rankin, Laura. The Handmade Counting Book. 1998.
SE.R167s	Rankin, Laura. Swan Harbor: A Nature Counting Book. 2003.
SE.R632ki	Rogers, Jacquline. Kindergarten Count to 100. 2004.
Q.S.513.2 R7202o	Rose, Deborah Lee. One Nighttime Sea. 2003.
Q.SE.R89d	Rusackas, Francesca. Daddy All Day Long. 2004.
SE.Sa49o	Samuel, Stuart. One! Two! Three! This Book’s For Me. 2002.
Q.S.513.2 Sa99o	Sayre, April Pulley. One is a Snail, Ten is a Crab: a Counting by Feet Book. 2003.
S.513.2 Sh138c	Shahan, Sherry. Cool Cats Counting. 2005.
Q.SE.Sch132o	Schaefer, Carole Lexa. One Wheel Wobbles. 2003.
S.611 Sch134b	Schaefer, Lola M. Body Pairs. 2003.
S.513.2 Sch134ti	Schaefer, Lola M. Tiny-Spiny Animals 123. 2004.
Q.SE.Sch28g 2002	Schertle, Alice. Goodnight, Hattie, My Dearie, My Dove. 2002.
SE.Sch289o	Schertle, Alice. 1,2, I Love You. 2004.
SE.Sch764b	Schroeder, Lisa. Baby Can’t Sleep. 2005.
SE.Sch861i	Schumaker, Ward. In My Garden: a Counting Book. 2005.
S.973 Sci47o	Scillian, Devin. One Nation: America by the Numbers. 2002.
Q.SE.Sco83on	Scott, Ann Herbert. One Good Horse: A Cowboy Counting Book. 1990.
SE.Se71	The Sesame Street Book of Numbers. 1971.
S.394.2614 Sh315t	Shea, Pegi Deitz. Ten Mice for Tet! 2003.
SE.Si47t	Simmons, Andra. Ten Little Angels. 2001.
Q.SE.Si643q	Singer, Marilyn. Quiet Night. 2002.
SE.Si81g	Sis, Peter. Going Up! 1989.
SE.Sm623d	Smith, Maggie. Dear Daisy, Get Well Soon. 2000.
SE.Sp361h	Sper, Emily. Hanukkah: A Counting Book in English, Hebrew, and Yiddish. 2001.
S.513.211 Sp95f	Spurr, Elizabeth. Farm Life. 2003.
S.513.2 T156m	Tang, Greg. Math Fables: Lessons That Count. 2004.
S.510 T156m	Tang, Greg. Math-terpieces: The Art of Problem-solving. 2003.
S.513.211 T338c	Thayer, Tanya. Counting Money. 2002.
SE.T388o	Thong, Roseanne. One Is A Drummer: A Book Of Numbers. 2004.
SE.T81o2000	Tudor, Tasha. 1 is One. 2000.
SE. W1551c	Wallace, Nancy Elizabeth. Count Down To Clean Up! 2001.
Q.SE.W2131o	Ward, Jennifer. Over In The Garden. 2002.
Q.S.523.211 W462h	Wells, Rosemary. How Many? How Much?: Based on Timothy Goes to School. 2001.
SE.W565u	Wheeler, Lisa. Uncles and Antlers. 2004.
Q.S.513.211 W675c	Williams, Rozanne Lanczak. The Coin Counting Book. 2001.
Q.S.513.211 W829a2000	Wojtowycz, David. Animal Antics from 1 to 10. 2000.
SE.W846h	Wong, Janet S. Hide & Seek. 2005.
S.513.211 W894t	Wormell, Christopher. Teeth, Tails, & Tentacles: An Animal Counting Book. 2004.
SE.Y277t	Yates, Philip. Ten Little Mummies: An Egyptian Counting Book. 2003.
SE.Y78OL	Yolen, Jane. Old Dame Counterpane. 1994.
SE.Y8g	Yoon, Salina. Good Night, Little One: a Lift-the-Flap Book. 2005.
Q.S.513.2 Z622r	Ziefert, Harriet. Rockheads. 2004.

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