One Is a Snail, Ten Is a Crab
A Counting by Feet book that makes learning to count fun for 3-5 year olds
Age 3+
Picture Books
What do one hundred sunbathing snails have in common with ten crabs? Find out in this joyful, award-winning counting book with a funny focus on feet.
If one is a snail, and two is a person … we must be counting by feet! Children will love this hilariously illustrated introduction to simple counting and multiplication with big feet and small – on people and spiders, dogs and insects, snails and crabs – from one to one hundred!
"Great for teaching your child what numbers mean the fun way." Baby & You
Creators
April Pulley Sayre (1966 –2021) and Jeff Sayre created over forty natural history books for children, several of them award-winning. The duo led eco-tours and travelled extensively to study, photograph and film animals.
Randy Cecil is the author-illustrator of The Spaceman; Douglas; Duck; and many other highly acclaimed picture books. He is also the illustrator of James Howe’s Brontorina and Tyrone O’Saurus Dreams; Elizabeth Bluemle’s How Do You Wokka-Wokka? and My Father the Dog; Barbara Joosse’s Girl and Dragon series, and numerous other books for young readers. He lives in Texas, USA.
Reviews
Completely enthralling picturebook! Delightful illustrations really explore the notion of numbers and counting through feet…Lots of humour and a great way to get children thinking.
The Guide to Literacy Resources 2004
This colourfully illustrated book is great for teaching your child what numbers mean the fun way.
Baby & You
