A hungry snake finds ten little mice and counts them into a jar for dinner.
The rhythm follows the illustrations in a glissando; one can almost hear the background music.-- The Horn Book.
In this charming companion to Mouse Paint, Ellen Stoll Walsh introduces the concept of counting forward and backward in a suspenseful story that will keep young readers guessing.
Full color.
An unusually pleasing rehearsal of the numbers from one to ten.--Kirkus Reviews.
But the clever mice soon outwit the snake and unCount themselves--until they\'ve all gotten away.
A hungry snake finds ten little mice and counts them into a jar for dinner