Let's Count!: A First Book of Numbers

by Dave Aikins

Babies 3 months or older can practice counting to 10 with this adorable $6.99 board book featuring bright illustrations, simple text, and a flap to lift on each page.

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Arithmetic, Number

10 pages, Board Book

First published January 16, 2014

About the author

Illustrator Dave Aikins grew up in the suburbs of Detroit, immersed in comic books, action figures and B-movies. He graduated from the Columbus College of Art & Design in 1995 and worked for a large newspaper and commercial art studio before founding Let's Draw Studio, his freelance illustration studio, in 1998. He now lives outside Columbus, OH with his family and continues to produce work for clients in the areas of advertising, product design and publishing.

Reviews

[Jessica]

My son loved the flaps in this book.

[Angela]

Fun lift the flap counting book

[Elizabeth]

My son LOVES it when I flip up the pages.

[Marissa]

A little challenging to operate and could stand to be less delicate, but the images are simple and colorful and entertaining. Who doesn't love a book with surprises?

[Rebekaahh(prolly dying in a ditch rn ON HIATUS)]

Sam really liked this book, he even laughed a little(?)

[Arlo Panzera]

Very cute lift-a-flap book that helped my toddler learn to count. Simple, fun illustrations, engaging pictures to count.

[Robert Drake]

This would make a great baby shower gift.

[Story Doyle]

I loved all the colors and the moving flaps.

[The Book Box]

Mama and I read this last night so I could work on learning my numbers. I can count, but I can't identify the written numbers. The bright illustrations really help me learn.

[Lacy | literary_lacy]

Edited July 3, 2022: My daughter still loves this book, and now my son loves it.

My daughter absolutely loves this book! She wants to reread it constantly. We read it multiple times in a row, and it’s one of the books she continually pulls off the shelf.

This book is informational. It is a counting book with numbers 1-10. Under each flap is an animal or item, and my daughter likes me to count each one out.

The illustrations in this book are also, very colorful, which my daughter also loves. Great book!

[Fritz Loehrke]

Nice big flaps to lift to reveal the counted things. And watch out for spoilers... #8 is 8 Seashells, and our Moomin's Little Book of Numbers has 8 Shells too... what's going on? A conspiracy of seashells??? Also, 10 Cherries is 10 cherries, but it's also 5 sets of 2 cherries. hmm Also, the 2 Kittens look strange.

[Nichole Davis]

My daughter loves this book. She is a year now and has loved it since she was 4 months. A great book to get them interested in numbers early.

[Emily Briano]

Catherine's favorite page is the seven penguins. :-)

[Rovona Clark]

Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library - October 2020

[Michelle’s Library]

Not much to say about this one. My son likes to lift the flaps a lot.

[Moses and Felix]

I really dislike these books. Is it so hard to illustrate everyday objects in a realistic way?? WTF with these purple cats and green penguins.

[Rose]

One of my daughter's favorite books!