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One little girl wakes up to a wondrous fairy-tale world. She spies two dancing feet from the Golden Goose tale, three hungry bears just visited by Goldilocks, and four royal mattresses between the Princess and the Pea. Simple in format, with many objects to count on each colorful page, 1 2 3 is just right for children learning their numbers 1 through 10. As in her ABC and Picture This . . . , acclaimed as ?beautiful,? ?inventive,? and ?marvelous,? Alison Jay captivates with this clever work of art, treating readers of all ages to visual surprises, scenes from ten favorite fairy tales, and witty stories-within-stories.
Reviews (4)
School Library Journal Review
PreS-Gr 3-In this beautiful companion volume to Jay's ABC (Dutton, 2003), a child ("one little girl sleeping") dreams that she travels on a large golden goose ("two soaring wings") to visit a variety of nursery rhymes and fairy tales. Each place she visits has things to count: "three little pigs," "four frog princes," etc. The text is simple, with only three or four words on each page. The real story is told through the paintings done in Jay's familiar crackle-glaze style of simple shapes, jeweled colors, and soft lines. In each picture, the artist includes delightful details that reward observant viewers. For example, the page that says, "Eight running rats" also includes eight shoes, eight cupcakes, and a tiny view of the beanstalk from the previous page. The girl and the goose can be found on every spread, which adds continuity to the story. Some pages have hints of things to come, like the six beans lying on the table next to the six gingerbread men, foreshadowing the "Jack and the Beanstalk" scene on the next page. This clever picture book will delight the very young as well as children already familiar with the fairy tales.-Donna Cardon, Provo City Library, UT (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
In a sumptuous companion to her A B C, Jay takes readers on an enchanted journey from 1 to 10 and back again, with help from fairy tale figures. A quartet of self-satisfied frog princes impressively embody the number 4, while a plate of gingerbread men-including one poised for escape-represent the number 6. (Other counting opportunities abound in the backgrounds.) As in the previous book, Jay unspools a story-within-the-primer. "One little girl," who has fallen asleep while reading, is transported to the magical landscape on the wings of the Goose That Laid the Golden Egg; this same bird serves as her chaperone as she visits the subsequent scenes as an amazed onlooker. At number 9, the goose is reunited with her precious-metal eggs, and the girl finds herself cast as Little Red Riding Hood and other heroines as the numbers reach 10 and head back to 1. Close attention will reveal other links; for example, the view of Jack's beanstalk (created from seven magic beans) also includes one of the eight rats who figure prominently in the following spread, inspired by the Pied Piper of Hamelin. The pictures are a wonder to behold: Jay's flattened perspectives, gently faded colors, crackle-glaze finishes and lean, angular characterizations vaguely evoke the dreamy, ambiguous narrative qualities of medieval art. And yet the pictures never feel like museum pieces-rather, they're like missives from a universe where it's Once Upon a Time 24/7. Ages 3-up. (Sept.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved
Kirkus Review
Jay offers a worthy companion to her ABC: A Child's First Alphabet Book (2003) that is winsome and clever, with many layers to explore. It opens with, "1 one little girl sleeping" and readers see Jay's blue crescent moon shining over a little girl with blonde braids asleep with her fairy-tale volume open on the bed. Follow what she dreams of on her Mother Goose flight--three little pigs, seven magic beans, nine golden eggs--as each number reflects a particular familiar fairy tale. At ten, count back--eight fancy footmen, four royal mattresses--and each heroine from Sleeping Beauty to Red Riding Hood has the golden braids of the sleeping child. The final spread shows the sweet-faced sun shining on the "1 one little girl waking" and her bright room filled with toys and objects from her story-filled dreams. The pictures, in Jay's signature vibrant craquelature surfaces, connect fragments of each story to the others, making something to enjoy again and again. At the back, she identifies the 16 stories referenced within. Just wonderful. (Picture book. 4-7) Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.
Booklist Review
*Starred Review* In this elegant but highly accessible picture book, a little girl falls asleep with a book of fairy tales open in her hands. She dreams of flying over a bucolic landscape to a land where she appears in a series of fairy-tale scenes. Each illustration features a number, beginning with 1 and going to 10, then counting back to 1. The luminous paintings offer several challenges: to count the objects named (and other sets of objects representing that number); to find the girl in each scene; and to identify the fairy tale represented by each picture. For instance, in one double-page spread, 3 plump pigs look out one window, while a toothy wolf peeks into their home through another. Three teacups wait on a stool nearby, 3 cupcakes sit prettily on a plate, 3 cushions are stacked on a chair, and so on. On the last page, a key identifies each of the stories pictured. The paintings create their own magical world through the warm glow of gentle colors, the softness of rounded forms, and the antiqued quality of the crackled glaze. With large-scale illustrations that reward close study, this beautifully designed book will work for individual viewing as well as classroom sharing and discussion.--Phelan, Carolyn Copyright 2007 Booklist