Way Out in the Desert
Product Type: Book
Product Price: $15.95
Manufacturer: Rising Moon
Purchase
Description
A counting book in rhyme presents various desert animals and their children, from a mother horned toad and her little toadie one to a mom tarantula and her little spiders ten. Numerals are hidden in each illustration.
Reviews
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-08-02
Summary: "Gorgeous Drawings and Fun Poem"
Way out in the Desert, by Marsh and Ward, illustrated by Spengler, is a counting book featuring hidden numbers within spectacularly colored drawings of desert animals and their habitat. The verse is in rhyme and can be sung to "Over in the Meadow," and the musical accompaniment is provided in the back of the story. I kind of chant this one to the kids and at the end of each page they look for the numbers hidden in the picture. Featuring plant and animal species which are native to the southwestern desert habitat, this book shows kids new animals they may not have seen before.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-09-29
Summary: "Way Out In the Desert"
Sung or read, I and the toddlers I share this book with enjoy this vividly illustrated counting story. It also familiarizes the listerners with animals and plants of the Sonoran desert.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-07-04
Summary: "Great book, great service."
My daughter has loved this book since she was 2. She was so excited when she opened it. She reads it to herself at night. It's her favorite!! I was very happy with the quality of the book and the quickness of it's delivery.
Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2008-10-16
Summary: "plagiarsim?"
My son recently brought home a book titled The Halloween House which was pulished in 1997. The content was rediculously similar to Way Out In The Desert, which came out in 1998. I do mean shockingly similar. However I did find them both to be enjoyable books.
Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2007-11-10
Summary: "Excellent for young children"
My children, ages 1,3, 5, 7, absolutely LOVE this book (We have the board-book version). The rhyming is catchy and well-written. We live in Arizona, so they love reading about creatures we see everywhere. And they really get a kick out of finding the 'hidden' numbers. My 3 & 5-yr-old are always requesting it for bedtime storytime. They yell out the numbers as I read it, then we all count the creatures together. It's a great book for the whole family!