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Let's Count to 100!
Let's Count to 100 comprises 11 bright panoramas, each featuring a delightful assortment of 100 different objects. Readers are invited to count the items and are also challenged to find specific details, such as a mouse with a red bow or a lone rabbit amid a giant flock of sheep. This book is packed with appealing images of children, fish, cats, moles and other cute critters -- no two of which are alike -- and readers will enjoy the many different moods and expressions on display. Each spread is also full of hidden dramas youngsters will love discovering for themselves, such as a hungry piranha poised to take a nibble of an elephant's pink trunk. Kids will also like spotting how each scene, such as a meandering stream or a bustling cityscape, visually connects to the one that came before and the one that follows.
24 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2008
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November 2, 2013
The number 100 is a number young children aged 3-6 years find fascinating as they believe it is such a huge number. So this book is perfect for those children as every page is filled with one hundred things to look at, count and sort. There are brilliant illustrations to capture the child’s interest and the child will not be able to resist counting if there really are 100 elephants, cats or mice.
I think this is a great book to show children what 100 can look like and in the case of the ants page it is not always the same size. It is a brilliant book to promote counting and sorting objects by colour, size and type. I would definitely use this book to help children practice counting and help children to see that a number of objects don’t always take up the same amount of space. It could also be put in a reading area to promote a love and enthusiasm for numbers and counting.
I think this is a great book to show children what 100 can look like and in the case of the ants page it is not always the same size. It is a brilliant book to promote counting and sorting objects by colour, size and type. I would definitely use this book to help children practice counting and help children to see that a number of objects don’t always take up the same amount of space. It could also be put in a reading area to promote a love and enthusiasm for numbers and counting.
November 16, 2011
100 mice, cats, moles, elephants...great color sense, great composition, great variety. Way cute animals. Little comments & questions are sprinkled throughout the tableaus; the questions lead to search-and-find challenges (Where's the mouse with the red ribbon? Are there enough berries for every bird?). There's a clue on every page as to the next animal, plus a page at the back of extra items to search for.
The illustrations are so appealing I want to make a flannel set to go with, for post-storytime play...
The illustrations are so appealing I want to make a flannel set to go with, for post-storytime play...
August 4, 2015
Each double page spread has 100 things (e.g. elephants, cars) that you can count. There are also some statements and questions embedded in the pictures that ask you to find something or count a particular subset of things. The last page also has a few more things you can look for.
An interactive book with good illustrations. I would have liked a few more questions.
An interactive book with good illustrations. I would have liked a few more questions.
March 8, 2019
What a great way to practice counting with my five-year-old. I'd love to see more simple books about numbers like this.
August 3, 2019
This could prove a very useful book for developing Maths mastery: although every double-page spread has exactly 100 cars, or elephants, or fish, or children, or etc., these are subdivided down by colour, shape, size or design into smaller subsets, giving pupils a visual/pictorial representation of much smaller counting groups, Gellman& Gallistel counting principles such as one-one, stable-order and order-irrelevance, and even fractional part-whole relationships. Many of the subsets are in groups of 10, which provides a helpful means of representing place value units, tens and hundreds pictorially for pupils too. The pictures are engagingly colourful, and some animals are bigger than others, so that pupils realise counting does not require every object to be identical or the same size. Further challenge is provided on the final page, with a set of 'Where's Wally'-style challenges, requiring the young reader to identify where certain pictures were located in the book. Teachers could use this book creatively for times tables, even photocopying double pages and deleting some of the animals so that 7, 8 or 9 times tables or counting in twos, threes or fours could be employed. Photocopies might also assist children in need of extra support, as they could circle or draw upon the copies to 'count off' animals depicted. Maybe the class could find their own ten things, or hundred things made up of ten sets of ten, from looking at equipment around the classroom. This is a very flexible and useful resource for counting and finding with children, both working on a one-to-one basis or with groups of pupils working together.
July 11, 2020
Children today are smarter than ever, and this world has more kids aged 3 to 12 counting up to 100 than any time in the 20th century, so I'm proud to read one of the very first counting to 100 books in honor of children who have proven to be better in learning and retaining than us grownups ever did. Author Masayuki Sebe honors smart children with watercolors of cats, elephants, ants, etc, every two pages 100 of each animal or house. But instead of numbering 1 to 100, Sebe let's kids count 100 objects themselves, which I think is a better approach than anything PBS' shows can come up with as far as educating children. It's intelligent and fun, the way learning should be, even when learning to count.
Four stars
Every page is fun 100 ways!
Four stars
Every page is fun 100 ways!
January 25, 2017
I doubt there is a better book that encourages kids to count to 100. Math themed picture books are often dry and lacking enthusiasm, but this one brims with creativity and counting opportunities. Each spread has 100 somethings - mice, birds, kids, etc. You can obviously count them all, but there are also questions on each page that encourage you to look more closely at the details. What started as an invitation to count to 100 endlessly is now a look and find book that you can't help but love. A wonderful celebration of math and counting you will want to enjoy for hours.
February 2, 2019
Let's count to 100 is a cute and fun way to learn to count. I like how each page has 100 different things for children to count. It challenges the kids to accomplish their goal to reach 100. I do also really like how it tells you on a few pages what and where to start and also how it has little sayings along the way that make it more fun for the children. I would recommend this book for children learning to count in a fun and different way.
May 10, 2021
عنوان ترجمهٔ فارسی: ۱۰۰ تاییها
November 6, 2023
کتابی پر از تصویر که با لذت و سرگرمی، دقت و تمرکز مخاطب را بالا میبرد و در ضمن شمارش را هم فرامیگیرد. مناسب بالای چهار سال.
April 15, 2024
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July 15, 2016
We were at a friend's house recently and the little boy had a book featuring a thousand animals. My 4-year-old son found it incredibly appealing, so when I saw this similar-looking book at the library a few days later I checked it out for him. As anticipated, he was thrilled. We LOVED reading this book together at bedtime over the past couple of nights.
The illustrations are so colorful and appealing, and the animals, objects, or people to count are so neatly, organically organized by color or orientation that it makes it very easy to count to 100 on each page. Once I realized that reading this aloud meant I was going to be counting to 100 ten times I worried that my son would get bored and figured he'd eventually want to skip the counting part, but no. He insisted that we count to 100 on every page. At this rate he'll be doing it by himself before I know it! He's very interested in numbers right now, so we hit on this at just the right moment.
Each page also has silly little bits of dialogue between the animals or objects being counted, and additional items to look for. The pages are just begging to be explored carefully, as there are all sorts of fun little details to find. My son and I also loved how each page hinted at the next page to come and referred back to the previous page.
I highly recommend this for any kid that is interested in numbers and counting, and even kids who aren't. I only wish I'd saved this for a long road trip or waiting room moment, because this is the perfect book for productively and entertainingly killing time.
The illustrations are so colorful and appealing, and the animals, objects, or people to count are so neatly, organically organized by color or orientation that it makes it very easy to count to 100 on each page. Once I realized that reading this aloud meant I was going to be counting to 100 ten times I worried that my son would get bored and figured he'd eventually want to skip the counting part, but no. He insisted that we count to 100 on every page. At this rate he'll be doing it by himself before I know it! He's very interested in numbers right now, so we hit on this at just the right moment.
Each page also has silly little bits of dialogue between the animals or objects being counted, and additional items to look for. The pages are just begging to be explored carefully, as there are all sorts of fun little details to find. My son and I also loved how each page hinted at the next page to come and referred back to the previous page.
I highly recommend this for any kid that is interested in numbers and counting, and even kids who aren't. I only wish I'd saved this for a long road trip or waiting room moment, because this is the perfect book for productively and entertainingly killing time.
August 22, 2016
My son and I both enjoyed this book. I love math books, and this one was no exception. Instead of a simple counting book, this book features 100 items on each page. And rather than count to 100 on each page, which would have driven me crazy, there were challenges on each page, i.e. How many ants are carrying a piece of candy? And on some pages the items were colored in groups of 10 items of each color, so we got to practice counting by 10s as well. It was a nice review and reinforcement of counting. And it was so fun!
The best part is that on the last page of the book there are specific items you have to go back through the book and find. We really enjoyed that part. Some of them were kind of tricky as the image was superimposed or flipped upside within the actual book pages.
I'm not sure I'd buy this book because it might not be as fun after a couple of times reading it through (unless your child is still learning to count to 100). But it was a great library find. There are others in the series, so we may need to get some of those.
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The best part is that on the last page of the book there are specific items you have to go back through the book and find. We really enjoyed that part. Some of them were kind of tricky as the image was superimposed or flipped upside within the actual book pages.
I'm not sure I'd buy this book because it might not be as fun after a couple of times reading it through (unless your child is still learning to count to 100). But it was a great library find. There are others in the series, so we may need to get some of those.
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August 8, 2012
Translated from Japanese, this book is a collection of pages that look at the number 100. Each page is a drawing of an animal (or kid) that the reader can, if they choose, count all the way up to 100. Hidden within the pictures are humourous texts to read and pictures to find. My four year-old's particular favourite? The farting mole. There are also opportunities to compose, decompose and recompose 100 as the author/illustrator has chosen to use colours, patterns and groupings to show different ways to make up 100.
100 is a special number in the elementary school setting. Most primary classes dedicate each school day to figuring out how many school days have passed, and in some cases how many are left. And when they reach 100, there is a huge school-wide party. There are plenty of books about the party day, but finding read alouds that look at the number 100 is hard. This is a great book for a classroom teacher or a parents to read with their kids.
This is a GREAT book.
100 is a special number in the elementary school setting. Most primary classes dedicate each school day to figuring out how many school days have passed, and in some cases how many are left. And when they reach 100, there is a huge school-wide party. There are plenty of books about the party day, but finding read alouds that look at the number 100 is hard. This is a great book for a classroom teacher or a parents to read with their kids.
This is a GREAT book.
September 7, 2011
Get a handle on what 100 *looks* like in this engaging picture book. Lots of charming details make these scenes of 100 cartoony critters (100 moles, 100 elephants, 100 sheep...) amusing and interactive. Each critter has individual characteristics, a few make tiny remarks to one another, and each two-page spread includes a clue or question to keep kids hunting for surprises (eg. "There are 100 moles. How many are snuggled up with a frog?") A few more surprises to find are listed in the back. At the end there is also a chance to see what 100 looks like in groups of 10. The book Great Estimations would make a nice companion to this one.
August 6, 2016
Age: Kindergarten-2nd grade
Math: Higher counting
A fun and straightforward call for readers to count to 100. Each page includes 100 animals, kids, or objects inviting children to count them. But this book doesn't stop there. There are several other prompts that ask kids to count "the smiling elephants" or asks "How many different kinds of fish are there?" Each page has an animal/object from the next page which would make a great guessing game for what comes next. Dialogue is exchanged between the 100 items, giving life to these spreads.
This book would probably be best read on its own because listening to a child read to 100 ten times might not be the highlight of some adults' day.
Math: Higher counting
A fun and straightforward call for readers to count to 100. Each page includes 100 animals, kids, or objects inviting children to count them. But this book doesn't stop there. There are several other prompts that ask kids to count "the smiling elephants" or asks "How many different kinds of fish are there?" Each page has an animal/object from the next page which would make a great guessing game for what comes next. Dialogue is exchanged between the 100 items, giving life to these spreads.
This book would probably be best read on its own because listening to a child read to 100 ten times might not be the highlight of some adults' day.
December 31, 2011
Counting.
Math.
Grouping
This is a wonderful books for grades K-1. Shows a variety of things in a group of 100. Perfect for kindergarten. My grandson loved this one and sat for a long time just counting the objects on each page. I think this is one kids will checkout repeatedly.
Illustrations are bright and colorful. Objects are arranged to give a variety of counting experiences in grids, curvy lines, by color, etc.
Math.
Grouping
This is a wonderful books for grades K-1. Shows a variety of things in a group of 100. Perfect for kindergarten. My grandson loved this one and sat for a long time just counting the objects on each page. I think this is one kids will checkout repeatedly.
Illustrations are bright and colorful. Objects are arranged to give a variety of counting experiences in grids, curvy lines, by color, etc.
October 18, 2017
The best counting book since One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab! Children can count 100 adorable, brightly colored animals, people, or objects on each page. There are also 14 Easter eggs hidden in the illustrations.
December 2, 2013
This book is having children count to one hundred. The concept is to have them count the different objects and animals they see. It gets a little challenging when they need to pick out specific details that are on the objects and animals. I would use this is a classroom of seven years old and up. This is because the book is a little complex which will get the children to think outside the box.
April 20, 2017
Another one that we will check out again (or maybe even buy) when Linnea is older. She appreciated the tiny funny stories among the 100 creatures on each page, enjoyed listening to us count groups of 10 and finding critters on the 'mixed' paged on the end. Her favorites were definitely the mixed page at the end, the fish and the farting mole.
September 20, 2011
Every page contain 100 of something (i.e. mice, ants etc) and there's something that makes the group different (i.e. all of the cats are different; find how many cats are striped). I think fans of Where's Waldo or the Walter Wick books would enjoy this title.
December 13, 2011
This is a fun book for learning to count to and visualize 100. Although, my son was tired of counting after the first page. I would recommend reading this book over several days - a different page each day. That way you won't get sick of counting up to 100.
December 30, 2011
This is the best counting to 100 book yet! It has wonderful seek and find elements, clues for the pages to come and fun details to find...not to mention the super awesome japanese illustrations. I want to get this book as a gift, but for who?
June 18, 2014
Do you want children to think about numbers in a fun way? Read/share this book with them. There are cute comments, along with the text of the book. This is almost an I Spy book, children will enjoy pouring over the simple, colorful illustrations to see it all.
September 7, 2011
A fun Japanese import, perfect for the detail-oriented child.
October 7, 2011
love the illustrations, especially the blue elephant so cute!
December 28, 2011
Great fun for everyone.
February 4, 2012
Super cute Japanese-style cartoon illustrations give readers lots of fun things to count.
April 2, 2012
My kids who love I Spy books, Where's Waldo, etc., are really going to like this book. Not sure about using it in story time, but it could be fun.
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