Counting Arizona's Treasures

Book Review:

Terri Fields, with the beautiful photographs taken of Arizona by Tony Marinella, writes a counting book entitled Counting Arizona's Treasures. The pictures perfectly show the scenic natural and man-made attractions of the 48th state. Fields strategically takes the reader throughout the whole picturesque state. By using rhyme, Fields creates a pattern so that children will want to continue to read and match the rhyming words with the next corresponding number. With lizards as the main characters, she begins with ten and has they run and play across the state until only one is left. After they have all experienced their new locations, they reunite and talk about the new places that they have seen.

At the end of the book, a map and brief description is provided to describe each of the places visited by the lizards. A few other famous Arizona sites are described here as well to give the reader a broad view of the entire state. This helps the readers distinguish the exact location of the sites and also helps them to become more familiar with the state of Arizona and why its history and landmarks are significant.

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