This book would be great for children who are learning how to add up to a perfect 10. It is an eloquent but wordless couting book that is full of bright illustraitons! ( )

1,2,3 To The Zoo is a great counting book with wonderful Eric Carle illustrations. The reader takes a tour of the zoo, counting the animals along the way.

"1, 2, 3 To The Zoo" is a short story with brightly colored illustrations of animals in the zoo. Each page has a different species of zoo animal and adds one more animal with each page. The first page has one animal and the final page has twelve. There is a small train at the bottom of each page which adds a car with new animals until the final page when there are twelve cars in the train.

I think the bright colors in the illustrations grab the interest of young children. This would also be a good book to involve the children in counting aloud with the teacher.

This book would be a good resource for very young children learning to count. It could also be utilized when discussing zoo animals. ( )

This is one of Carle's books that are suited more for toddlers than older kids.

There aren't many words, just a count of the various animals on their way to the zoo.

Because of this, and because the book is oversized and hard to read/shelve, it may be better to buy this in board book format - or, given the minimal contact, to skip it altogether. ( )

Eric Carle style to the capital T of TERRIFIC. Never coming up short of telling such wonderful stories of animals and letters for children to enjoy. Carle allows the children to join him in a numeric (1-10) adventure to the zoo. The graphics are purely all realistic with paint and detail.
From the children that are at the childcare center to my own 2, Eric Carle is always a hit anytime. One can be sure that all will come away from any Eric Carle book not effected. 1,2, 3...to the zoo allowed my son who loves animals to enjoy this read over and over again.
In my classroom, I would ask children to cut out pictures of items in quanties according to numbers, 0 to 10, place then separately to make a book and share where they would like to go or where their items will take us. For instance, 0-10 books for a library. 0-10 Animals for the zoo. 0-10 Foods for a garden. ETC.... ( )