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Bear Counts by [Karma Wilson, Jane Chapman]

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Bear Counts Kindle Edition

by Karma Wilson (Author), Jane Chapman (Illustrator) Format: Kindle Edition

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Part of: The Bear Books (9 books)

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Count along with Bear in this lovely Classic Board Book from the internationally bestselling Bear series.

Numbers, numbers everywhere.
Can you count along with Bear?

Karma Wilson’s spirited text and Jane Chapman’s inviting illustrations make for a delightful introduction to numbers, perfect for young Bear fans.

Reading age

2 - 4 years, from customers
Print length

26 pages
Language

English
Grade level

Preschool - 2
Lexile measure

AD440L
Publisher

Margaret K. McElderry Books
Publication date

May 12, 2015
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978-1481499521
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Having tackled one concept in Bear Sees Colors (2014), Bear and his charming woodland friends now address the numbers from one through five.Buddies Mouse and Bear start their day together, sharing breakfast and counting: "One sun floating high. / One giant dragonfly. / One robin on her nest. / Only ONE berry left!" These counting spreads begin with a page turn that will have kids yelling out the next number and end with more opportunities for them to participate: "Numbers, numbers everywhere. / Can you count along with Bear?" The friends soon run into Hare, who has two apples to share, and the friends and numbers increase up to five, a perfect amount for new counters. As in the previous book, the rhythms and rhymes are not always spot-on: "Bear cries, ‘Look, it's Badger, / Mole, and Gopher by the shore! / Badger has his fishin' pole.' / And the bear counts…." (Confusingly, this spread introduces four, which rhymes with "shore" but doesn't match the number of friends met.) Chapman's acrylic illustrations offer lots of opportunities for children to count, and not just the items named in the text—look carefully for the tiny animals.Bear's fans may get practice counting the number of times they ask for this again. (Kirkus Reviews March 1, 2015)

"Bear's fans may get practice counting the number of times they ask for this again." (Kirkus Reviews March 2015)

"Wilson’s easy-to-read rhyming text is enhanced by Chapman’s acrylic paint illustrations which feature bright colors, apt expressions, and perfect detail....An enjoyable book" (School Library Journal March 2015)

Following on the heels of Bear Sees Colors (McElderry, 2014), this concept book introduces the numbers from one to five. As Bear and Mouse’s day unfolds, the friends have various encounters that allow Bear to count. A pattern of set-up and reveal is used throughout the book. “Bear hears funny sounds coming/from an aspen tree./ It is Raven, Owl, and Wren,/and the bear counts… [next page] “three!” Wilson’s easy-to-read rhyming text is enhanced by Chapman’s acrylic paint illustrations which feature bright colors, apt expressions, and perfect detail. The set-up page is a full spread with many grouped items of the number to be revealed—great for close inspection. The reveal page contains four of those items (with text) and plenty of white space between to make it easy to spot and count the items. VERDICT An enjoyable book for groups or individual use; purchase where Wilson’s “Bear” books are popular or additional counting books are needed. (School Library Journal March 2015)

Bear and Mouse enjoy breakfast in a forest clearing while, all around them, they find things to count: “One sun floating high. / One giant dragonfly . . . ” The list goes on, interspersed with the repeated refrain, “Numbers, numbers everywhere. / Can you count along with bear?” Young children will want to try, and since the number of countable objects rises slowly, many will succeed. Throughout the book, friendly, lightly anthropomorphized animals lark about together in trees, meadow, and pond. Each four-page section features a number from one to five, depicted in two double-page spreads. The first presents a broad scene that includes groups of creatures and objects representing the number, while the next isolates each group against a white background. Well designed for its purpose, this counting book offers a lively, rhyming text along with appealing acrylic paintings. A cheerful addition to Wilson’s popular Bear series of picture (Booklist May 1, 2015)

About the Author

Karma Wilson is the bestselling author of several picture books, including the Bear Books series; Where Is Home, Little Pip?; and A Dog Named Doug. Karma lives in Montana.

Jane Chapman is the illustrator of over one hundred books for children, including Dilly Duckling by Claire Freedman and I Love My Mama by Peter Kavanagh, as well as Karma Wilson’s Bear Books series and Mortimer’s Christmas Manger. She lives with her family in Dorset, England. Visit Jane at JaneKChapman.com.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00BOUNF66
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Margaret K. McElderry Books; Illustrated edition (May 12, 2015)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 12, 2015
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 3818 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 26 pages
Lending ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled

Best Sellers Rank: #1,153,670 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #148 in Baby & Toddler Counting Books
- #509 in Children's Bear Books (Kindle Store)
- #1,737 in Children's Counting Books

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Karma Wilson
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My life is a series of lessons and moments that see me to the next lessons and moments. Some moments are sweet, some scary, some a blur gone too fast and forever missed. I write for children because all of these steps started there, in childhood, and that sense of wonder, keen curiosity, and the ability to see things much kinder and more magical than they actually were, fades as time passes and years and experience claim your naivety. For me it is a feeling only rekindled when I am creating books, stories and poetry.
My children, family and friends are a great inspiration to me, and the support of my readers is a tremendous honor. It is always my desire to entertain children and encourage them to think about and explore their world, and the worlds beyond, embrace creativity, and love learning for the duration of their life. Knowledge comes through words, so for me literacy is the foundation of education, and it bears the fruit of intelligent and empathetic citizens of this world and humanity.
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Jane Chapman
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Award winning illustrator Jane Chapman graduated from Brighton University with a First Class Honours degree in illustration. Working as both Jane Chapman and under her pseudonym, Jack Tickle, she has had more than 100 titles published in over 20 countries. Jane is perhaps best known for her illustrations in Karma Wilson's 'Bear' books, an internationally bestselling series which has garnered a string of awards including the Oppenheim Platinum Book Award for 'Bear Snores On'.
Jane's favourite thing to paint? SNOW!
Married to fellow children's author / illustrator, Tim Warnes, the couple are now celebrating 20 Years in Children’s Books! They live in the South West of England.
Discover more at www.ChapmanandWarnes.com
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Jane Chapman
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Jane Chapman has been illustrating children's books for over twenty-five years. She loves to paint snow, especially when the weather is hot, but she gets very cross with her cat when he sits in her paint.
Jane lives in south-west England with her two sons.
You can see more of her work at www.janekchapman.com
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Love Bear but not my fav

Reviewed in the United States on March 11, 2017

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I love the Bear books & my 3yr old does too. We have several. She needed help in the number department and recognizing what the written number looks like. This was a miss for me. :-( Had I known that the counting only goes to 5, I wouldn't have bought this one. I wanted a counting book to 10. Also each written number is followed by an exclamation point. For example: 1!, 2! and so on. That's not too helpful with number recognition. I wish there was no punctuation. I was going to get the color book as well but now I'm not so sure.

But again, we love Bear & his friends but this was a miss for us!

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Love Babies and Dogs

this is PERFECT for us

Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2018

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Firstly, yes, this book only counts to 5. However, for my toddler who just turned two and is just now learning to count, this is PERFECT for us! The poem style is sweet and consistent with the rest of the bear series, the drawings and colors are perfect, and each page we are able to count multiple groupings of each number (1-5). My toddler brings this to me all the time to read, he loves it and he's already starting to count to three! I cannot believe the 1 star reviews because it only counts to 5, that's hardly a reason to rate the book low.

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better bear books out there

Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2019

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We have "bear can't sleep" and "bear sees colors" and this was the third bear book we added to our collection. Its our least favorite of the three. The rhymes feel a little more forced and there is a lot going on the page that distract from the counting. In other words, this is a bear book that talks about counting but not a book to drive home counting to ten for you little one. If you are looking for a Bear book, get the ones I mentioned earlier-- we read them so much I have them both memorized.

Ripped apart book

Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2021

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I bought this book used because it was described as having small imperfections. Instead I got a book with multiple problems. The first page had the top ripped off seconded page had a large rip and in the middle of the book a whole page was ripped out!! 😤

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My Son's Favorite

Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2019

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This book is absolutely precious. It has amazing content, beautiful illustrations, and plus it's a board book so tiny hands can handle it without ripping it's pages. It is my son's FAVORITE. He loves to cuddle up with us and read it during the day. We will be buying LOTS more of the bear books.

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Wonderful book series!

Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2018

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Love these books for my 3yr old son and 5yr old daughter! Found them in a Chick-fil-a lunch and we just fell in love with the series! Very well written and pictures are extremely accurate. Enjoy the out of the norm use of different species’ names as well.

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18 month old approves

Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2021

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18 month old loves it. Super cute

Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2020

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Used this book for my pre school classroom read aloud. Enough words and pictures/visuals to keep 3-5 year olds engaged but not long enough to lose them.

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January

Lovely number book to engage little ones

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 19, 2017

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This is a wonderful book as other reviews have stated. Bright and beautiful illustrations. Engaging & fun. A lovely story to go with it so it's not just numbers. One flaw, I notice that on the last number page the actual number is missing and only the word is spelled out, unlike other pages where there is both the word and number (1 & ONE). Other than that super fun.

Sue

Encourages early reading

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 26, 2016

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Very nice

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Five Stars

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2017

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Fantastice pictures

Dtapp

Great and colourful

Reviewed in Canada on September 12, 2021

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Fun counting book that the kids sat and enjoyed.

anonymous

Nice reaf

Reviewed in India on June 8, 2020

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Interesting way to teach kids numbers & animal recognition. My kid gets excited about the book so it's a must read every night

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