Count Your Way Through Japan

by Jim Haskins, Martin Skoro (Illustrator)

Presents the numbers one to ten in Japanese, using each number to introduce concepts about Japan and its culture.

Genres: Japan, Picture Books, Asia, Childrens, Geography, Number, Counting

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

Reviews

[Marilyn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great info about Japanese writing. /ee-chee nee sahn shee go rokoo shee-chee hah-chee koo joo/

[What April's Reading · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Count Your Way Through books are a lot of fun with numbers, pronunciations, characters, and a little story about the number, whatever fits with the country.

[Tanner Mendelson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This picture book would benefit the social studies teacher when covering Japan. The picture book does an excellent job of presenting the numbers one to ten in Japanese, using each number to introduce concepts about Japan and its culture. For example, the number six, which is ro-koo, in Japanese, the author describes that there are six major sumo tournaments in Japan each year. Children would be interested that the average sumo match lasts only ten seconds, so there are many matches in each tournament.

[T. Denise · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book offered a simple counting system to learn Japanese numbers from 1-10. A cultural relevance to the numbers were included. I would like to learn more about the culture that was presented in the book in regards to time... Are the traditions still relevance given the original publication date of the book (1987). For example, in traditional marriages, are nine cups of sake still drunk?

[Zaya · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was alright. I learned a few new things. Much like the other books in this series I want the book to be longer.

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