30. Board book: 1, 2, 3, Can You Count Along? Alice Hemming. Illustrated by Nichola Slater. 2026. 10 pages. [Source: Library] [4 stars]
First sentence: Tap, tap, tap! "What's the strange sound coming from that tree, Bird?" "Maybe it's one of our friends, Squirrel. Let's take a look..."
Premise/plot: Count along with Squirrel.
My thoughts: I am not familiar--or if I am I've completely forgotten--with the "Leaf Thief" series of books. I'm going to go out on a limb (pun intended) that they may be better than this one. Squirrel hears plenty of things and does some counting--one to five.
Counting books aren't particularly ever going to be full of thrills. This one was fine.
© 2026 Becky Laney of Young Readers
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