Olive A Wadsworth

A variety of meadow animals pursuing their daily activities introduce the numbers one through ten.

This book presents the traditional southern Appalachian counting rhyme and ends with an activity for recognizing everyday objects that were used as illustrations on these pages.

"Explore the Blue Ridge Mountains, a part of the Appalachian range that teems with fascinating plant and wildlife, through the memorable frame of the engaging folk song "Over in the Meadow." Amongst budding dogwood trees, crooked creeks, mountains fading to heaven, and other stunning settings, animal mothers and their young all play a part in the great wide wilderness. Count the babies on every page: one fawn hides while two bear cubs forage, three...