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Written by Julie Steigemeyer and illustrated by Valeri Gorbachev Gobble-Gobble Crash, A Barnyard Counting Bash is an adorable counting book and a ton of fun to read.  I picked up this book on impulse the other day because I have been working on teaching my son to count and I thought this would be a fun addition.  I know, my son is only two but he can count to five and I’m not a crazy military type educator-parent, but he seems to enjoy learning these things.

Back to the book - it is a counting story (up to ten) that involves barnyard animals of all sorts as well as a farmer who is disturbed by the night time escapades of a group of wild turkeys.  Some of the pictures are a little small for my son to count (the baby mice are tiny little things) but for a child who is a little older I don’t think this would be a problem.

My son loves this book. It lends itself well to an exciting read if you tend to be a theatrical reader (I am). The “Gobble Gobble Crash!” refrain is repeated each time the turkeys bounce around and my son screams and laughs each time I set up a whispering lead in to the shouts of Gobble Gobble Crash as the turkeys slam into something new.  The book counts from one to ten and then back down again and some of the illustrations provide additional counting practice if you want to maximize the learning factor.

A great book and well worth the purchase.

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