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Illustrated by
Rob Dunlavey.
In clever rhyming text, an increasing number of crows clad in red-and-white-striped shirts gobble up a variety of tasty foods, all of which can be counted, providing many basic-math lessons. Pencil illustrations enhanced with digitally rendered reds contain plenty of details to pore over. Unfortunately, the book is marred by some visual flaws (e.g., the text mentions peas, the art shows peapods).