This richly colored book presents an original way to learn the months and numbers, based on the words of the Christmas carol The Twelve Days of Christmas. It takes the reader through the year, showing animals to count on each page and teaching what these animals do during each season of the year.

 

. This book is part of a reading scheme, meaning that it is a book aimed at children who are learning to read.

There are 26 pages in this book. This is a picture book. A picture book uses pictures and text to tell the story. The number of words varies from zero ('wordless') to around 1k over 32 pages. Picture books are typically aimed at young readers (age 3-6) but can also be aimed at older children (7+). This book was published 1999 by Pan Macmillan .

Meredith Hooper is a well-known and successful author of non-fiction books for children. Ita Daly is an acclaimed Irish novelist. Her short stories have appeared in Irish, British and US magazines and anthologies, and she has won an Irish Times short story competition as well as two Hennessy Literary Awards. Bee Willey is a well-known artist, who has illustrated many best-selling treasuries and books of fairy tales.