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Board Books – Seek and Count by Yusuke Yonezu

July 29, 2019
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Ages 0-3, Children's Book Reviews, Counting Book, Juvenile Nonfiction

SEEK AND COUNT
Written and illustrated by Yusuke Yonezu
(MineditionUSA/Michael Neugebauer Publishing; $9.99, Ages 0-3)

Seek and Count Book Cover

If you’re looking for an original counting book, I recommend Seek and Count by Yusuke Yonezu. This 20-page board book’s bright graphic art will engage young hands. Each page’s number is accompanied by an image under the flap, a pleasant surprise the reader will enjoy repeating.

Seek and Count int1 — Interior illustration from Seek and Count written and illustrated by Yusuke Yonezu, MineditionUSA ©2019.

Seek and Count delights while teaching young children their numbers from one to ten. I appreciate clever details such as how the egg on the cover is pictured inside with a crack; when you peek under the flap, a chick emerges. Other images are a bit of a game: number seven could be a wild hairdo but turns out to be an anemone with seven clown fish swimming nearby.

Seek and Count int3 — Interior illustration from Seek and Count written and illustrated by Yusuke Yonezu, MineditionUSA ©2019.

Author-illustrator Yusuke Yonezu was born in Tokyo. As a child he loved to draw and make toys out of paper and boxes. Later, he studied design. He is the creator of The Rainbow Chameleon, Five Little Apples, Moving Blocks, the Guess What? series of board books, and Yum Yum!