Alphabet town by Bryan Evans
Ill. by Kimberley Moon. New Frontier Publishing, 2012. ISBN 192192
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(Ages 4+) Picture book. Maths themes. On the town where the numbers
zero to nine live, each number is quite pleased with itself. But
poor
Zero feels neglected and so wanders over the hill to the town where
the
letters live. There are far more people living here, and Zero is
invited to join them. She asks how many letters there are but as
they
cannot count, they do not know. So a cute idea is born, the Zero
teaching the letters to count and the letters teaching Zero the
alphabet. But counting to nine is not enough, so Zero puts herself
with
other numbers so that they can count more than nine, and the letters
align themselves together to make words.
This is an interesting way to introduce the number system and
letters
of the alphabet to young children. The bright, busy illustrations
will
intrigue younger readers as they search for all the numbers and
letters
shown on each page.
Fran Knight