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Here are my favourite counting picture books for young kids, together with their Amazon links. I’ve even added my own counting book at the end!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Note: I am not affiliated with any of these books or links (except my own book, of course!)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Doggies \u2013 a counting and barking book<\/span><\/span><\/strong> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Big dogs, little dogs, short and long hair, powerful woofs, and tiny yaps are packed into this deceptively simple counting book that gets noisier with every page. Perfect for reading to little ones and doggies alike, this book will have the youngest of readers and their grown-ups howling with laughter.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Count all of the animals who come splishing, plunking, slooshing to the rescue in this counting board book!<\/span><\/span>Can two fish, tails going swish, help? Will three moose, munching on spruce, be able to pull the unlucky duck out of the muck? Perfectly sized for small hands, this counting rhyme is a feast of sounds and numbers that will have young listeners scrambling to join the slippy, sloppy fun!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Ten Little Night Stars is a sweet bedtime counting book perfect for the youngest readers. One by one the stars come out in the night sky, as cute and cuddly animals go through their bedtime routines. Written by Deb Gruelle, great-great-grand-niece of Johnny Gruelle, the creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy, Ten Little Night Stars is the perfect bedtime story for parents and children alike.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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This silly rhyming story about ten turkeys teaches children how to count backwards.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
“Looky!” says a silly turkey swinging from a vine. Gobble gobble, wibble, wobble. Whoops! Now there are nine. Girls and boys will gobble up this hilarious story about ten goofy turkeys and their silly antics: swinging from a vine, strutting on a boar, doing a noodle dance, and more. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Fairies, butterflies, and magic help to make this math-focused picture book from Danica McKellar, the New York Times bestselling author of Goodnight, Numbers and star of The Wonder Years, positively enchanting!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Join ten flower friends for a night of excitement that mixes a little math with a lot of magic. As each flower turns into a butterfly, children will discover different ways to group numbers to create ten, an essential building block of math, all while watching each flower’s dream come true. (And keep an eye out for the adorable caterpillar who wishes he could fly, too!)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Learn all about the Count in a new Sesame Street board book with bold, bright photographs. Babies and toddlers will love turning each sturdy page to see what Count von Count decides to count, with help from Elmo and other friends. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A Huffington Post Best Children\u2019s Book of the Year.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
From Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley and Caldecott Honor artist Lauren Castillo.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
As her mom reads a bedtime story, Lucy drifts off. But later, she awakens in a dark, still room, and everything looks mysterious. How will she ever get back to sleep?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley\u2019s first picture book, illustrated by Caldecott Honor artist Lauren Castillo, evokes the splashy fun of the beach and the quietude of a moonlit night, with twenty yawns sprinkled in for children to discover and count.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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How Do Dinosaurs Count To Ten?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Come along for some BIG fun as your favorite dinosaurs delight young readers with their playful antics. How do dinosaurs count to ten? Over and over and over again! Jane Yolen and Mark Teague help young children learn to count from one to ten with a simple, rhyming text and laugh-out-loud illustrations! A perfect companion book to the other HOW DO DINOSAURS tales, and a great baby gift as well.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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TOP DOGS! Can there really be 100 dogs behaving in oh-so familiar doggy ways packed into the pages of this picture book?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
Leap dog, sheep dog, fallen fast asleep dog. . . . Follow Michael Whaite’s fun and lively rhyme as it weaves its way from happy dogs to yappy dogs to every type of dog in between.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
This romp of a read-aloud is bursting with amusing details to spot and hilarious hounds that dog-lovers won’t be able to resist. Readers will want to pore over it again and again. Which dog is yours?<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
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All the animals are busy lending a hand in the garden in this lively numbers book<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n
The parrots are pulling up carrots, the bears are picking pears, and a swarm of bees are pruning the trees with their miniature shears. Julia Donaldson’s whimsical rhymes and Nick Sharratt’s hilarious illustrations make this early introduction to animals, the outdoors, and gardening a delight to share out loud. With plenty to giggle at on every page, counting\u2014or gardening\u2014has never been so much fun!<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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