Over In The Meadow: A Counting Rhyme

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'Over in the meadow in the sand in the sun Lived an old mother turtle and her little turtle one.' So begins this classic nursery poem, written by Olive A. Wadsworth in the late 19th century, a favourite counting rhyme for generations of children. Anna Vojtech's sweet illustrations depict a sun-drenched meadow filled with loving animal families - from mother turtle with her one baby to ten little beavers embraced by their doting mother. There's lots to count in the cleverly designed pictures, and sharp-eyed youngsters will delight in finding a corresponding number of background details on each spread.

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"[Vojtech] places [the animals] into an idyllic meadow scattered with appropriate numbers of bugs, flowers, and other items for enthusiastic young counters to enumerate."-- "Kirkus Reviews"
"[With an] appealing and energetic landscape of boldly applied colors, learning to count is as easy as one, two, three."-- "Publishers Weekly"

Author Bio

Anna Vojtech was born in Prague, in what is now the Czech Republic. She has worked as an editor, an illustrator, a film animator and a set designer. She has illustrated many books for children. Her books for North-South include Ten Flashing Fireflies and The Song of the Camels. She lives with her family in Magnolia, Massachusetts.