skewbald<\/a> pony called Noni. In this book, Noni interacts with and observes a range of other animals in increasing numbers until the numbers get so big they are impossible to count. <\/p>\nThis is a lovely little book with Lester\u2019s signature gentle illustration style and soft colours. The counting is incorporated in a natural way, and each number is spelled out in a different colour to the other black text to help it stand out. The book prompts the readers to count the animals, and in the later pages, when it is things like spots, and cars, and stars being counted, my toddler especially enjoys me tapping on the page with my fingernails to illustrate how many there are. <\/p>\n
I think though this probably isn\u2019t my favourite of Lester\u2019s books. On some pages, the things you are supposed to be counting aren\u2019t as obvious as other books (e.g. two friends being a cat and a dog, or Noni mixed up between four similarly shaped cows) and there\u2019s a particular line I always trip over: <\/p>\n
\n\u2026as six dusky wood-swallows swoop through the sky. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Nevertheless, the real critic (my toddler) very much enjoys this book and asks for it often. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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