Everyone Counts by Judy Sierra - ESSENTIAL

Everyone Counts by Judy Sierra, illustrated by Marc Brown. PICTURE BOOK. Alfred A. Knopf (Penguin Random House), 2019. $18. 9780525646204

BUYING ADVISORY: Pre-K, EL (K-3) - ESSENTIAL 

AUDIENCE APPEAL: AVERAGE

With rhyming text, this is a number book about animals determined to build a zoo where there was an empty lot before. Two rhinos make it hard for the bugs to join in too and when the rhinos block other animals from enjoying the final product, those same bugs step in and irritate the rhinos until they allow everyone to join. 

This book is a lot of fun to read aloud and flows perfectly with rhythm and rhyme. The illustrations are pastel and lean toward the younger set. The book also includes a great (punny) message about including everyone.  

Jen Wecker, HS English Teacher