Description One fine morning, a rooster decided he wanted to travel. In this minibook edition, using strikingly designed, colorful collage illustrations and a beguiling simple text, Eric Carle takes his young readers on a trip with the rooster and his companions. As he travels, the rooster is joined by two cats, three frogs, four turtles, and five fish, offering the child a graphic introduction to the meaning of numbers, number sets, and addition within the context of an entertaining story. When night falls, the roosters friends find he has made no provisions for their food or shelter and, disappointed, they abandon the expeditiononce again in sets of five, four, three, and two, but this time in a declining series. Finally the rooster, too, decides that he has seen enough of the ...
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538 words28 pagesLexile 510L
Published 19929780887081781
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