<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Young readers can celebrate the birds in their own neighborhoods with this lyrical picture book that helps them learn to count backwards from ten to one. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b>The sky is quiet.</b> <p/> The yard is quiet. <p/> The creek is quietly gurgling. <p/> Then...<i>tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat, tat!</i> A red-capped woodpecker starts his rap for the day. Next comes nine soft coos from the mourning doves, followed by the chipping of a flurry of sparrows. And on go the birdsongs throughout the day. <p/> Celebrate neighborhood birds in this poetic picture book, and count their sounds backward from ten to one, until all is quiet in the yard again.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Betsy Franco</b> is the author of numerous books for children, including <i>Counting Our Way to the 100th Day!</i> and <i>Mathematickles!</i>, both illustrated by Steven Salerno; and <i>Birdsongs</i>, illustrated by Steve Jenkins. She and her husband live in Palo Alto, California. They have three sons -- two actors and a sculptor. Visit Betsy's website at www.betsyfranco.com. <p/>Steven Jenkins's many celebrated children's books include <i>Can an Aardvark Bark?</i> and <i>Fourteen Monkeys </i>by Melissa Stewart; <i>Hello, Baby! </i>by Mem Fox; <i>Mama Built a Little Nest</i> and <i>Mama Dug a Little Den </i>by Jennifer Ward; and the 2003 Caldecott Honor recipient, <i>What Do You Do With a Tail Like This? </i>by Robin Page<i>.</i> He lives in Boulder, Colorado. Visit him at SteveJenkinsBooks.com.
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