(4) K-3 Illustrated by Heather Cahoon. In Tang's sixth effort to make math entertaining, each number one through ten is honored with a rhyme about a specific quantity of animals--e.g., eight crabs--who break into smaller groups: "As 7 stood by cautiously, / 1 daring crab jumped in...." Some of the rhymes are more graceful than others, but kids engaged by the book's concept and digitally rendered all-animal cast won't care.

Reviewer: Nell Beram

(4) PS Illustrated by Heather Cahoon. By asking whom the reader will invite to tea, this book cleverly suggests groups that add up to ten: "You might find 6 ballerinas and 4 frogs who love to leap. Or will you ask 5 shepherds and 5 fleecy, fluffy sheep?" The meter often stumbles or shifts, and the digitally generated art, though usually colorful and attractive, is sometimes flat. Overall, however, the concept works.

Reviewer: Anita L. Burkam

(3) PS Illustrated by Heather Cahoon. The anthropomorphized numerals one through ten systematically round up smiling garden vegetables ("Seven sees tomato / basking in the sun, / takes her hand, / and off they run") to be used in soup served to the king and queen (a boy and girl). Illustrated with flat, vegetation-toned images, the rhymes are taut and catchy.

Reviewer: Nell Beram