{"id":41859,"date":"2024-09-20T23:23:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-21T03:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=41859"},"modified":"2024-09-20T23:23:57","modified_gmt":"2024-09-21T03:23:57","slug":"review-of-how-to-two-by-david-soman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=41859","title":{"rendered":"Review of How to Two, by David Soman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/how_to_two_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/how_to_two_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-44302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/how_to_two_large.jpg 250w, https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/how_to_two_large-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><em>How to Two<\/em><\/p>\n<p>by David Soman<\/p>\n<p>Dial Books for Young Readers, 2019.  36 pages.<br \/>\nReview written October 4, 2022, from a library book.<br \/>\nStarred Review<\/p>\n<p>Counting books are a staple for parents to share with young children, and this is a beautiful one.  You&#8217;re counting children playing!<\/p>\n<p>First, we see one child launching off a playground slide, and the words read:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>How to one.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That&#8217;s pretty much how the text goes.  &#8220;How to two&#8221; shows two kids on a seesaw.<\/p>\n<p>At six, there&#8217;s a rainstorm, and the six kids play duck, duck goose under a shelter.  The kids go further afield as the numbers get bigger, with &#8220;How to eight&#8221; involving Hide-and-Seek, and &#8220;How to ten&#8221; being a grand game of tag.<\/p>\n<p>As the sun sets and parents take all the kids home again, the numbers go back down more quickly.  And I almost missed it &#8212; but the endpapers at the back show animals to go back and count for each number.<\/p>\n<p>The art is beautiful, the kids are exuberant, and the book does the job of teaching counting from 1 to 10.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davidsoman.com\/\">davidsoman.com<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.penguin.com\/penguin-young-readers-overview\/\">penguin.com\/kids<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/0525427848\/sonderbooksco-20\" target=\"outside\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Find this review on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\">Sonderbooks<\/a> at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/how_to_two.html\">www.sonderbooks.com\/Picture_Books\/how_to_two.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Disclosure: I am an Amazon Affiliate, and will earn a small percentage if you order a book on Amazon after clicking through from my site.<\/p>\n<p>Disclaimer:  I am a professional librarian, but the views expressed are solely my own, and in no way represent the official views of my employer or of any committee or group of which I am part.<\/p>\n<p>What did you think of this book?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to Two by David Soman Dial Books for Young Readers, 2019. 36 pages. 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