Gray Rabbit's 1,2,3

Little Rabbit Books

by Alan Baker

One inquisitive hop, and splash! goes White Rabbit into a bucket of yellowpaint. Soon the little rabbit is jumping from bucket to bucket and learning all about colors and how they mix. Quivering with excitement, Brown Rabbit nudges open a square gift box and finds five balloons which take on all sorts of shapes. Gray Rabbit and Black-and-White Rabbit have their own adventures as they discover numbers and the alphabet. Toddlers will have fun and learn with these concept books, warmly illustrated with meticulous detail by Alan Baker.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Counting, Number, Animals, Fiction, School

24 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1994

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Reviews

[Willow · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the inventive concept of this little counting story! Much more engaging than the typical bland 123s books that lack a storyline, this is a creative journey through the numbers with an artistic rabbit sculptor. 🐰

[Mitchell Friedman · Rating 4 out of 5]

The last of our 4 rabbit books from our permanent children's collection. A counting book is tough to make great. This one makes clever use of art and is not horribly repetitive. And it ends well. This rabbit book probably has the least amount of character, but it still has some.

[Becca · Rating 3 out of 5]

My 18-month-old grandson likes to make the animal sounds, particularly that of the frog and elephant.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A gray rabbit molds clay into different objects in an increasing number. Toddler and up

[Suzie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute illustrations and I like the guessing aspect to the book.

[Joan Arbogast · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple, yet clever counting from-one-to-ten book for the very young.

..."He made a wiggly, squiggly worm, two chattering, clattering toucans, three growling,prowling bears..."

[Jaksen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The goodreads description of this book is all mixed-up with the other books. Just saying...

In the 1,2,3 book, Rabbit plays with clay (we call it by a popular brand name, which I won't mention here. The grandsons do NOT want to call it clay.)Anyhow, Rabbit slowly makes one worm, then two toucans, and so on and so on, making a different number of animals, until finally all pooped out, he makes a chair and falls asleep in it.

With each grandson - the six-year old, followed by the two-year old - I had to count each animal on each page. And yes I did this faithfully over and over and over...

We love all the 'Rabbit' books at our house and they are always the first books pulled off the shelf when they want me to read to them. (Which is literally, on every visit.)

[Vivian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I finished story time with this story because the craft activity involved play-dough.

"One day Gray Rabbit found some clay. He made one wiggly, squiggly..."
(Invite the children to roll imaginary clay between their hands and ask them what they think Gray Rabbit made. Turn the page.) "worm".

Pretend to roll balls, smash and shape, coil, and squish imaginary clay.

[Cool · Rating 5 out of 5]

DMW read to Doe

[Olson Family Matters · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not quite as good as the color book with Brown Rabbit, but still fun. And it encouraged a little creativity with play dough!

[Laura · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cleverly designed to seem like so much more than a counting book. Each double-page spread is a new mystery, and you have to turn the page to find the answer...and the number.