The Count Counts Scary Things. Written & Illustrated by Stephanie Pierre and Richard Walz

Pierre, Stephanie, and Richard Walz. The Count counts scary things. New York: Random House, 1998. Print. 23 pages
Age Group:	6 months to 4 years
Book Format:	Picture Book
Annotation:	Bats, Cats, Spiders, Snakes and other scary Halloween things are what the Count uses to teach the young reader to count in a Holiday based rhyming picture book. Pages are reinforced with the word and numeral representation of each number the count is working on, along with the specific number of items.
Personal Reaction:	Halloween can be scary for some children; however, Sesame Street has a unique way of counting “fun” scary Halloween things.
Keywords/Tags:	Counting, Halloween, Fiction, Puppets, Stories in rhyme.
Early Literacy Skills Enhancements:	Vocabulary Skills ~Promote literacy and the love of language ~Develop and increase emergent literacy skills and vocabulary Print Motivation ~Increase interest in and enjoyment of books Visual Literacy Skills by observing the illustrations. ~Pictures have meanings ~Pictures and words are different Reading Readiness, which includes understanding that ~Pages turn from right to left ~Books have a front, back and right side up ~Stories have structure and development of a sense of story Print Awareness ~Show the importance of and provide an opportunity for young readers to listen, observe, imitate, and practice language while interacting with books. Narrative Skills ~Young readers will be able to re-tell a story based on the illustrations in Picture Books Phonological Awareness ~Enhanced by guessing rhymes ~Repeating repetitious words