Ten Red Apples

This is a gentle and engaging counting book. Bartholomew is an endearing teddy, and in his garden there is an old apple tree. We can see, if we look carefully, some green apples. Later we might count ten of them. Turn the page, and there is one red apple on the tree, and there is the number one, the word, and a shiny red apple on the side of the page to remind us. The apple on the tree glistens, and if you run your finger over it, you can feel the shine. As we turn each page, more apples become red and shiny, and Bartholomew’s friend the kitten joins him climbing, too high, and big bear has to help rescue them. When nine apples are on the tree, the friends shake them down. At ten all the shiny red apples are on the ground. On each page the green apples are there in the background, one more of them turning red at each page turn. Think of the possibilities for talk here! One more, how many left, how many altogether, what will we see on the next page?