The Numbers Dance

A Counting Comedy

By: Josephine Nobisso, Dasha Ziborova (Illustrator)

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Paperback | 4 January 2006

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Paperback
32 Pages

Age
5 - 7

Grade
K - P

Dimensions(cm)
29.8 x 22.2 x 0.5

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Twirling and whirling, zigging and zagging, numerals dance across the pages, enticing children to play with numbers and develop a better understanding of numeric values in this fun and informative comic approach. Three groups of numerals make mightily concerted attempts to maintain the quirks of their distinct personalities in the face of persistent peer pressure. The irascible 1, 2, 3, and 4, though frail and wiry, would like to impose their ballroom dance style on the robust 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. 5 and 6 cannot help reverting to raucous jazz dancing, no matter how hard they sportingly try to conform, and 7-10 don't see the point of being anything but what they truly are--western line dancers. Scuffles, rumbles, round-ups, and coercions ensue until 1-4 have their way and 5-10 "go back to dancing like they want to, again!" The book's rousing, impeccably-metered rhymes provide the cadence of each dance style, and the spare accompanying art lends a clean energy to the numerals' challenge to accept each other as they are.< Age: 5 - 7

Industry Reviews

"The beautiful illustrations and rhythmic text are enchanting and will spark interesting conversations--not to mention dancing with sheer pleasure." --ABA's BookSense Picks for Winter 2005-06 "It takes some lassoing to calm things down, and soon everyone is dancing to their own tune." --Association of Booksellers for Children's "Best Books for Children" List "Delightful and I am pleased to give it my highest endorsement." --Mary Beth Farr, library development specialist, New York State Education Department Shortlisted for the New York Library Association's Book of the Season, Fall 2005 Winner, Children's Choices Award, International Reading Association and the Children's Book Council

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