Animal Countdown

Young readers can master counting down from 10 while learning about some of the world’s most endangered animals in author-artist Seeger’s marvelously illustrated lift-the-flap book.
—The Washington PostYoung readers can master counting down from 10 while learning about some of the world’s most endangered animals in author-artist Seeger’s marvelously illustrated lift-the-flap book.
—The Washington Post

Does Laura Vaccaro Seeger's inventiveness never cease? . . . This inventive picture book uses flaps to create a peekaboo-style game that can introduce the youngest readers to counting basics while raising awareness about vulnerable animals.
—Shelf Awareness (starred review)

Count on Seeger for powerful, accessible art for young readers.
—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Intriguing to both hold and behold.
—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Artistically elevated concept books.
—Horn BookLaura Vaccaro Seeger is the author and illustrator of nearly two dozen acclaimed picture books, including Red and Why?, each the recipient of four starred reviews, and the popular Dog and Bear series, the first of which won the Boston Globe-Horn Book Medal. She has been awarded a Caldecott Honor twice, for First the Egg and again for Green, and a Geisel Honor twice, for First the Egg and One Boy. She lives in Rockville Centre, New York.