A bird keeps a line of fifty animals in a single file. The line of animals are numbered in descending sequence from 50 to 1. A folded leaf at the end reveals that the animals are riding on top of a great blue whale.

While Farmer Brown sleeps, some of the animals who live on the farm go on a fishing expedition.

What better attention-getter for small children than primates in all their variety? And who better to render them than Anthony Browne? In this elegant counting book, the author-illustrator outdoes himself with a vivid presentation of primates from gorillas to gibbons, macaques to mandrills, ring-tailed lemurs to spider monkeys. With his striking palette, exquisite attention to detail, and quirky flair for facial expressions, Anthony Browne slyly extends...