nerd teacher [books] reviewed Absolutely One Thing by Lauren Child (Charlie and Lola, #39)
Actually Cute for a Numbers Book
4 stars
Normally, when I've worked with kids and reading books about numbers and counting, they've been kind of boring and predictable. This one actually seems to be somewhat useful in that kids can recognise that the numbers are wrong (e.g., when Lola is counting, she's counting out of order but still coming to the right answer — this is something reminiscent of one of the books in Louis Sachar's Wayside School series), and it's set in a situation that feels both funny and familiar.