Bound To Stay Bound

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School Library Journal - 06/01/2013 K-Gr 3—A blue Number 1 declares this book is about numbers, while an orange Letter A on the opposite page announces it's about letters. An argument ensues as more and more creatures appear on the pages, each one's name beginning with a sequential letter, while the number of individuals, what they are eating, traveling in, or carrying, can be counted or given sequential letter names as well. For example, in one spread, there are 3 cars, 4 dinosaurs have 5 eggs, and 6 toads (er, frogs) provide 7 hungry geese with 8 hot dogs and 9 ice-cream cones. The spreads become more and more crowded as greater numbers of digitally rendered animals engage with increasing numbers of objects. Fortunately, the backgrounds are white; all of the numbers are printed in blue, while the alphabetical letters are in orange, so readers can keep track of what is going on. Finally, all 26 numbers appear across the top half of a spread while the letters appear on the bottom, each with some spot illustrations, and the two antagonists agree, "Of course. This is a book about Numbers… and Letters!" While not for children just learning numbers or the alphabet, this offering will provide a fun way for those a bit older to review both. Pair it with Amy Krouse Rosenthal's Wumbers (Chronicle, 2012).—Marianne Saccardi, formerly at Norwalk Community College, CT - Copyright 2013 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Bulletin for the Center... - 09/01/2013 The numeral 1-anthropomorphized in blue with a big mouth, thick eyebrows, and thin black arms and legs-is very happy that audiences have decided to open this book about numbers. The trouble is that the letter A (similarly concretized, though in ochre) is convinced this is a book about letters. When one alligator shows up on the scene, both glyphs claim him for their own; after the arrival of two bears in three cars (apparently bears are prodigious drivers) that are also carrying four dinosaurs with five eggs, the two go back and forth, until, after coming across twenty-five balls of yarn used to make sweaters for twenty-six zebras, they realize that this is a book about both numbers and letters. Though there’s a lot of text in this picture book, it’s entertaining and readable enough to be a solid readaloud choice, and the good-natured ribbing between A and 1 marks an interesting change of pace from standard fare. The boisterous, mottled acrylic illustrations keep the bounciness going and focus tight, setting the countable and alphabetized objects against a striking white background. Boldt also sets the dialogue between the two symbols in distinctively colored speech bubbles (blue for the numbers, orange for the letters), and the book emphasizes the words used for each letter and the numeral used to count them by color coding and bolding them, which draws younger audiences’ attention to the dual purpose of this book. This fresh take on hallmark books of childhood offers new interest for kids who already know the ropes of counting and alphabet books. TA - Copyright 2013 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

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