Grab One Is A Drummer: A Book Of Numbers Fabricated By Roseanne Thong Contained In Manuscript

counting book featuring ChineseAmerican culture, Once again, I love the backgrounds on the pictures by illustrator sitelinkGrace Lin, A counting book that also introduces the culture of ChineseAmericans, A fun and vivid counting book, with multicultural, bold illustrations and an emphasis on Chinese culture, We don't usually read "number" books anymore but this doesn't have to be considered a number/counting book.
There is a nice section at the end of the book with definitions/explanations for some of the terms in the book, examples are 'Dim Sum', 'Mahjong', and Dragon Boats' along with a few others.

Grace Lin's illustrations are cheerful and bright and oh so engaging for children and adults.
They almost beg you to keep looking,
I wouldn't check it out again or go to buy it for our own collection but it was a quick, fun read for us this afternoon.
Now available in paperback, this lively concept book shows that the world around us is filled with things to count.
Three are the dim sum carts filled with yummy treats, eight are the candles on a birthday cake.
With brilliantly colored illustrations, an earpleasing text, and an informative glossary, this truly multicultural book will make counting a fun part of every child's day! Many Asian items to count in this book as well as non Asian.
Will give young ones a peak into Asian culture, A brief page telling about some Asian items and customs is included, The book has a definite energy to it which may inspire children to run, play and find items to count.
A numbers book with a Chinese twist, Fun for both a numbers storytime or a chinese new year storytime, Not a huge fan of the illustrations, Good for preschoolers. A counting book with Chinese heritages, A nice read with good illustrations, diverse picture book Chinese festivitiesNew Year, Dragon Boats, Eight Immortals, etc, /Counting preschoolersand up
Features diverse characters: lots of Asianlooking characters, as you'd expect, but quite a few darkerskinned kids as well as lightskinned Caucasians are included in the festivities.
A lot of the things pictured may take some explaining, even among kids of Asian descent, so I feel that it's more a book for showcasing Chinese culture than it is about counting, though there half of the pictures will be universally recognizedkids playing in the sprinklers,eating birthday cake,on a merrygoround.

Suitable for preschool storytime, Too much for toddlers, but preschoolKindergarten, sure, This might be a good one for when you're looking for Lunar New Year books, It could also work for the "counting" theme, since the objects are colorful and mostly large enough to be countable by the crowd.
One of the first melodies that most children learn is "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, " This book was designed to be sung to that simple tune,

Roseanne Thong and Grace Lin have done three picture books that explore Chinese culture, They are all worth exploring: Red is a Dragon is a colors concept book, Round is a Mooncake is a shapes concept book, One is a Drummer is a numbers book,

We follow a girl as she counts things in her community from one to ten, There are dragon boats, fishballs, dim sum, Mahjong players, bamboo stalks, and more,

Grace Lin tends to use a lot of very busy patterns, which can be overwhelming for some kids.
The thick black lines she draws with help a little,

This is a wonderful book for teaching children about another culture or for learning more about their own heritage.
However, as with all of Thong/Lin's Chinese concept books, some of the unfamiliar elements will add an extra challenge that may be too much for some.
My son Luke's attention waned on pages where his difficulty understanding the text and images was most tested.
A "dragon boat" was something we were able to label, Two "greetings on the wall," written in Chinese characters, was too alien an concept, Still, because of the familiar counting concept book structure, he was able to understand that there was two of something he was meant to count.
He scanned the page and was able to point and say "one, two" in the correct places, but without the understanding of what he was pointing to.



I review books for children from the perspective of a parent of kids with autism.
The review above is part of a longer post on books about singalong books: sitelink lineupthebooks. com/sin This counting book, while showing some nice examples of Chinese cultural traditions, is a bit weaker than some of the other numbers books I've read.
. . not least because it could potentially be confusing,

When I read Red Is a Dragon by the same author and illustrator, I was a little confused as to why some colours warranted more pages.
In that book, it wasn't such a big deal, In One Is a Drummer, however, the same sort of thing happens, which leads to some numbers having two verses and pages, and others only having one.
I really don't think that works for a book about counting, unless you want to teach your kids to count to ten as follows: one, one, two, three, four, four, five, six, seven, eight, eight, nine, ten!

I found the illustrations here just as underwhelming as I did in

Red Is a Dragon.
They're colourful and adequate, but I don't love them,

Overall, this is a passable counting book, but it isn't great, Its value lies more in the depiction of the Chinese traditions rather than the actual counting, . . which is a shame for a counting book! This book is a counting book that has more than one page for some numbers but not for others.
What If you use this to teach kids to count, you get,,,,,,,,,,,,, I'm not kidding. I just don't get the point, The illustrations depict some fun Chinese cultural traditions though, Fun rhyming text with lively illustrations from the same team who did Red is a Dragon and Round is a Mooncake.
Cute number book. Uses chinese things. great rhyming. I've read this to my kids a gazillion times, It blends counting, chinese culture, and illustrations with striking color, I'm kind of sick of it but they love it, This is a fun counting book that highlights Chinese culture, It is one of a series of books by the same author that all have an educational and cultural theme.
Our girls enjoyed this book, and it's great for beginning readers, Also, our girls enjoy watching this book read aloud on the "Tumblebooks" online audiobook site tumblebooks, com Very well made counting book, Unlike most counting books, this one gave more than one example to go along with the numbers, I liked that and the pictures were very culturally aware and fun, Great book for small children, This is an excellent book to introduce some Chinese culture to children while learning about numbers, The illustrations are beautiful and the children depicted in the story are multicultural, In the back cover there are definitions of some different chinese terms introduced, The children I read this book to enjoyed all aspects of the story, This book is just ok! Dragon boats! Chinese Americans! Counting is kind of fun! But eh, pretty simple stuff.
Also writes as Roseanne Greenfield Thong, .