On the Launch Pad: A Counting Book About Rockets

by Michael Dahl, Denise Shea (Illustrator), Derrick Alderman (Illustrator)

Overview

3 . . . 2 . . . 1 . . . blastoff! In award-winning author Michael Dahl’s, On the Launch Pad: A Counting Book About Rockets, a space shuttle awaits liftoff. Each page features bright illustrations with hidden numbers in the artwork to introduce the concept of counting. This exciting combination of outer space and math keeps readers flipping the pages and counting along.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781404811195
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	01/01/2004
Series:	Know Your Numbers
Pages:	24
Sales rank:	215,933
Product dimensions:	11.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.12(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Michael Dahl is the prolific author of the bestselling Goodnight, Baseball picture book and more than 200 other books for children and young adults. He has won the AEP Distinguished Achievement Award three times for his nonfiction, a Teacher’s Choice award from Learning magazine, and a Seal of Excellence from the Creative Child Awards. Dahl currently lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Editorial Reviews

The illustrations are friendly cut-paper collages. I can imagine kids listening to this book being read to them — and then taking over the book for themselves, flipping pages and counting down: 3-2-1!

Planetary Society