by Anne Richardson, Andrea Antinori (Illustrator)
An unconventional, engaging, and delightful counting book for curious minds that playfully uses numbers as an entry-point to discover the amazing, diverse, fact-filled world of wonders all around us.
Do you know…
How many bones an octopus has?
How many breaths you take a day?
How many times a black bear’s heart beats each hour?
How many moons Mars has?
How many miles a trip to the moon and back is? How about a trip to Saturn?
How many leaves are on an oak tree?
How many meters there are between you and the clouds?
What happens when you keep placing zeroes at the end of numbers?
The answers to these questions appear in this book—along with many more amazing facts that celebrate the numbers zero to nine and powers of ten numbers ten to nine billion. Starting with zero instead of one, this whimsical, fact-filled counting book will delight readers of all ages. Combining elements of traditional and advanced counting books with a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world around us, Octopuses Have Zero Bones encourages young readers to fall in love with numbers and the world around them.
Richly imagined and playfully illustrated, Octopuses Have Zero Bones is a great choice for children, families, and inquisitive people of all ages, and it is a strong addition to any classroom or school library. The book’s layered content offers an easy and attractive point of entry as well as the possible to explore and understand more at multiple levels.
Series: Animals
Octopuses Have Zero Bones: A Counting Book about Our Amazing World
Anne Richardson is an author of experiences that kindle your curiosity. Richardson holds a PhD and an MS in environmental studies from Antioch University New England, and a BA in art history from Northwestern University. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area with her family, including two little explorers.
Andrea Antinori is an award-winning illustrator based in Bologna, Italy. Since he was a child, he has loved animals and he has loved to draw them. He likes octopuses very much, but right now, lemurs are the creatures he loves most. He wrote and illustrated the book On the Lives of Lemurs: A Short Treatise on Natural History. Other books he has illustrated include A Book about Whales and The Great Battle, the latter of which has received major international awards.
ISBN: 9781735311524
Publisher: Tra Publishing
Binding: Hardcover
Pub Date: September 27, 2022Target Age Group: 06 to 09
Pages: 68
-Animals -Counting
-Trivia and miscellanea