Last Updated: September 11, 2025
Animal Countdown
by Laura Vaccaro Seeger
A lift-the-flap counting book that runs from ten to one, with a different endangered animal revealed on each page.
Numbers
by Emily Love
Simple black and white pictures stimulate a baby’s brain and help eyesight develop in this book without words.
Ten Little Rabbits
by Maurice Sendak
This enchanting picture book introduces the beloved author to a new generation of readers, encouraging them to count from one to ten and back again as they watch the magic unfold before their very eyes.
One Chicken Nugget
by Tadgh Bentley
Everybody knows monsters love chicken nuggets, but Frank loved them more than most. This is a problem if you happen to sell chicken nuggets, and Celeste sells the finest nuggets around. But Frank scares her other customers away, so she’s forced to cook up an eating contest of monstrous proportions to get rid of him. If Frank wins, Celeste will make him free chicken nuggets for life. But if he loses, he must leave and never return. It starts with Frank eating a single chicken nugget. Then two. Then double that, then double it again . . . Just how quickly does this doubling add up? And how many chicken nuggets can Frank really eat?
How to Count to One: (And Don’t Even THINK About Bigger Numbers!)
by Caspar Salmon
Get ready to show off your skills in this fun new counting book! But not everything is as it seems . . . is this book really only about counting to “ONE?” Because there are SO MANY fun things that you could count. But wait –maybe there’s a way to outsmart the book . . . and count all the way up to 100!
Miss Mingo and the 100th Day of School
by Jamie Harper
It’s no ordinary day in Miss Mingo’s classroom: it’s the 100th day of school! Everyone has prepared 100th Day projects. There are many ways to get to the number 100, and the students in Miss Mingo’s class demonstrate all kinds of combinations: ten sets of ten, two sets of fifty, five sets of twenty, and more. With animal facts peppered in among the festivities, every creature in class has a chance to show off their knowledge and discover something new – after all, 100 days of learning is a lot to celebrate!
Groups in the Garden
by Kirsty Holmes
The students of Class 301 are counting how many vegetables they have grown in the garden. They use counting in groups to speed up the process, and a number line to help. They count small numbers in ones, then larger groups in twos, fives, tens, and hundreds. The kids save so much time that they have a picnic! Simple sentences and easy-to-understand exercises help make learning about groups understandable and fun.
Dia de Muertos, numeros: A Day of the Dead Counting Book
by Duncan Tonatiuh
Item by item, a family assembles a Day of the Dead altar to honor the memory and welcome the spirit of a loved one. Award-winning author-illustrator Duncan Tonatiuh draws on his own life experiences to create this bilingual counting book.
El Rebaño
de Margarita del Mazo, Guridi
A Miguel le cuesta dormir. Cada noche cuenta ovejas que saltan una valla. Primero salta la oveja Una, luego Dos, Tres y así hasta que Miguel se duerme. Pero una noche, la oveja Cuatro dice que está cansada de saltar. “¡No! ¡No! ¡Y no!”, grita cuando la intentan convencer. ¿Qué pueden hacer las demás ovejas del rebaño?