P. Bear's New Year's Party: A Counting Book

by Paul Owen Lewis

Book Overview

A dapper polar bear has an elegant New Year's party and invites all of his animal friends?one whale, two horses, three cows, and so forth until midnight. As each party animal arrives, children learn... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1883672996
• ISBN13: 9781883672997
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Tricycle Press
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.1" x 8.1"
• Age Range: 3 to 7 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 2

Customer Reviews

Excellent counting & clock book!

I am a kindergarten teacher. Our class uses this book to learn how to tell time to the hour; read number words of one - twelve; learn vocabulary words such as "invitation" "few" "herd" "bunch" "half-dozen" "a pack" "a flock" "dozen" and other vocabulary words. Beautiful illustrations using only black, white and red. Another teacher introduced me to this book and now all four Kindergarten teachers are using this book in our classrooms. I am glad to see that a paperback will be available so I can offer this to the students to use instead of using my hardback copy. The hardback copy did offer the opportunity to discuss that the book has a "jacket to protect the book, just like you wear a jacket to protect you from the weather." I can hardly wait for this book to be available in the paperback. This is a highly recommended book not just to use in the classroom, but for families to use at home!

A Telling Time New Year's Story

In this book the polar bear invites various animals to his new year's party. It's a great math story for telling time to the hour.

Kids will love this book!

P. Bear is having a New Year's Party and all his best-dressed friends are invited. Each time the clock strikes the hour, a corresponding group number of exotic animals shows up. By midnight, P. Bear has a full house and your child will have a grasp of the clock face. This sturdy board book is attractively illustrated and is great for years of childhood. The simple black, white and red illustrations are perfect for newborn eyes as parents first read aloud to their babies. The board book is handy for toddlers who love to be rough with their beloved stories. The sequential numbers teach counting to preschoolers and the reference to time with the appropriate clock-face on each page sets a great foundation for learning to tell time. Besides, the book is full of exotic animals. What child doesn't enjoy that? Armchair Interviews says: P. Bear's New Year's Party is an overall great book from birth to six and beyond.

A fun book that makes readers & counters out of everyone!

This is a book to teach counting, but it is more than that, in just being plain fun! Numbers are displayed in quantities, in a clock, in words and their varieties. The characters are terrific!