Product Description

One Some Many by Marthe Jocelyn and Tom Slaughter is an excellent early introduction to numbers and to the principles of modern art. It is the perfect companion to 1 2 3, a counting book with a difference. Slaughter’s bold, Matisse-inspired paper cuts illustrate basic artistic elements, including color, form, and line, while the playful and inventive text introduces the concepts of quantity that children find most puzzling (and that adults have the most difficulty explaining!). After all, how many is many? Some? A few?

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1635022 in Books
• Published on: 2004-01-27
• Released on: 2004-01-27
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 32 pages

From School Library Journal
PreSchool-K–This counting book presents the concepts of "some," "many," "few," and "more" through a rhyming text and stunning, boldly colored paper cuts. A listing of the numbers from 1 to 10 is interrupted by phrases such as "two/a few/a few is more than two/a few is three/or four." Slaughter has recycled some of the images he created for 1 2 3 (Tundra, 2003), and the pictures here are once again deceptively simple yet elegant. However, this effort has a more playful mood as the artist visually explains the ideas expressed in the text. For example, on consecutive pages, "one" is depicted as a single pear, "some" by a group of three pears, "many" by a pear tree full of fruit, and "hardly any" by the remains of an eaten pear. (Older students may want to study this title to learn some of the tenets of basic design technique.) A unique concept book that will appeal to young children.–Rachel G. Payne, Brooklyn Public Library, NY
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From Booklist
PreS-K. Artist Tom Slaughter, whose first book was 1 2 3 (2003), follows up with a picture book written by his wife. The concepts of numbers and counting can be simply presented for preschoolers, but the differences between "one, some, and many" are more subjective and more difficult to present. This book attempts to get the ideas across through just a few words and stylish, graphic art. The paper-cut collages, reminiscent of artwork by Matisse, are notable for their brilliant colors, clean compositions, and strong, simple forms. One bright yellow pear is shown against a tomato-red background. Turn the page, and several pears almost touching one another appear with the word some. Facing, a green-leaved tree dotted with yellow pear shapes is accompanied by the word many. A handsome way to talk about concepts. Carolyn Phelan
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Review
?Indeed, this book?doesn?t underestimate its very young readers? The field of intelligent preschool books is not a crowded one. Both this and Slaughter?s previous book are as smart as they are interesting to look at??
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