Ten Flashing Fireflies

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<b>A luminous counting picture book for young readers.</b><br><br>Counting down from ten to one, a girl and a boy empty the night sky of fireflies as–counting up from one to ten–they fill their jar with them. But once captured, the fireflies’ light flickers and fades, so in a generous good-night gesture, the children release them.<br> <br> Luminous pictures and a chant-aloud text combine to make this two-way counting book as joyous and magical as catching fireflies on a summer night.<br><br> <b>Lyrical, expressive, varied, and excellent for reading out loud.<br> –<i>School Library Journal</i>, starred review</b><br> <br>A book quietly luminous as its subject.<br> –<i>Kirkus Reviews</i><br> <br> Elegant mathematical simplicity and careful rhyme, illustrated in keeping with its nocturnal theme and bedtime role.<br> – NAPPA Awards<br> <br> <b>National Parenting Publications Awards, Gold Medal, 1995</b><br> <b>Smithsonian Magazine Notable Books for Children, 1995</b><br> <b>Booklinks Salutes a Few Good Books, 1995</b><br> <b>American Bookseller Pick of the Lists</b>

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