Night Time Numbers: A Scary Counting Book - Susan Roth

Nighttime book is more fun than fright.

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Book details
  • Author:Susan Roth
  • # of pages: 32
  • Publisher:Barefoot Books
  • Original Publication Date: 01/01/2000
  • Genre: Non-Fiction - Counting
  • Hardcover: $15.95
  • Publisher's Recommended Reading Level: Baby-Preschool
  • Read Aloud: 2+

Parents need to know

Parents need to know that children will love the engaging story line, and even nonreaders will be eager to participate in the "ghost hunt."

Families can talk about counting. Take the lead question in the story, and try a counting ritual of your own.

Message

Social Behavior:

Consumerism:

Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:

Violence

Nonscary ghosts, witches, and goblins.

Sex

Language

Common Sense says

What's the story?

Reviewed by Amy Brotman

Parents and children can--literally--count on monsters growling, black cats snarling, and wolves howling in this charming story book. But rest assured, the story ends with the presence of angels all around, protecting young readers from nightmares, creatures under the bed, and all those other things that go bump in the night.



Is it any good?

4

What child isn't fascinated by skeletons, spiders, and the other scary folk usually associated with Halloween? This book successfully uses that attraction to tell an engaging bedtime tale--and to reinforce the concepts of counting and basic addition in the process.

While the mother and child go through their bedtime rituals, the mother encourages her child to name her fears. Once the "nightmare monsters"--including bats, goblins, and witches--are located and accounted for, the child (and yours) can rest assuredly, knowing that goodness (in the form of angels, and her mother) is all around, keeping the sleeping child safe from harm.

Although the multitextured collages that illustrate the story may be a bit abstract, most children can easily identify (and, with help, count) the creatures from page to page. (One five-year-old did wonder how those sharks ever got in the bathtub!)

From the very first page (when the mother asks her child, "What do you see in the backyard tonight?") young children of all ages are enthralled. One three-year-old enjoyed the book so much he howled along with the wolves. Be prepared for similar reaction to each page of this nighttime book that's more fun than fright.

Susan L. Roth also wrote and illustrated The Biggest Frog in Australia. Jonathan Emmett's 10 Little Monsters also combines counting and scary creatures. Other excellent number books include Sandra Boynton's One, Two, Three! and Anno's Counting Book.

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