One Potato: A Counting Book of Potato Prints

by Diana Pomeroy

A vegetable-filled combination counting and craft book helps young readers learn how to count to one hundred and demonstrates how to make creative pictures with paint and potatoes.

Genres: Picture Books, Counting, Art, Mathematics, Childrens

24 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 1996

Reviews

[Abigail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Self taught artist Diana Pomeroy, who creates beautiful illustrations using stamps cut from potatoes, presents a lovely counting picture-book in this, her debut title. From the eponymous one potato, to two eggplants, three ears of corn, four pears, and so on, each two-page spread here features some form of vegetable or fruit. After ten, the numbers jump to twenty, thirty, forty, fifty, and one hundred. A brief afterword gives more information about the potato-print-making process...

After discovering Pomeroy's unique artwork through her second (and final) title, Wildflower ABC: An Alphabet of Potato Prints , I immediately went looking for this initial work, and I am glad I did. Although I don't find produce quite as beautiful as flowers, the illustrations here are still incredibly lovely. I liked the fact that this counting book went beyond ten, which is unusual in the form, and I also appreciated the afterword, which gives more information about this easy method of print-making. As Pomeroy notes, it is a method particularly suited for child artists, as potatoes are easily come by, compared to other artistic materials, and can easily be replaced, if the stamp-making process is unsuccessful. Recommended to anyone looking for somewhat unusual counting books, or to readers curious about Pomeroy's artwork. For my part, I just wish she had created more books!

[Leslie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Counting book made with potato stamps. Goes up to 100! Not for casual counters

[Twos Bothell · Rating 4 out of 5]

A great book for counting. It only lost a star because it goes up to 100. For my twos, we usually stop at 20, as numbers higher than that are hard to grasp. The pictures hold their attention as we practice one on one correspondence counting.

[Erika · Rating 3 out of 5]

Inpired my kids to count and get crafy

[Shaunterria · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautifully illustrated; perfect for counting storytimes.

[Janet · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is the traditional counting book with number, same object correspondence. Beautiful illustrations all of which are fruits or vegetables. The illustrations are all accomplished using potato prints and Pomeroy is a master of this technique as the illustrations bear no resemblance to what one normally thinks a potato print looks like.

[Dotty · Rating 4 out of 5]

We loved counting the fruit and vegetables!