Numbers

Alain Grée is a French author and illustrator of children’s books. He has had over 300 books published, which have been translated into 20 different languages. He also worked as a children’s broadcaster on French national television, produced three detective novels, ten ship navigation books and was a journalist for 20 years for Voiles et Voiliers (sailing ships) magazine. Alain’s main hobby was sailing. He owned several boats since the 1970s and crossed the Atlantic Ocean twice. He found that his sailing trips provided the perfect time out to work on new children’s stories and illustrations.

In Numbers, readers can flex their math muscles while honing visual-discrimination skills, as they’re often challenged to count or compare and contrast picture details. This title covers counting, counting by twos, shapes, and comparisons. Multiplication and division are touched on, although readers in the target age group may not have learned those processes yet. ... Artwork in both titles is cheery and colorful, populated by diverse humans. ...Numbers covers some topics many children may not have learned yet, and its numerous examples of regional vocabulary may confound youngsters.