Ten Black Dots

I bought this book to help teach my toddler how to count and she really enjoys it! The illustrations are simple yet perfect for teaching children to count. It is really easy to follow and count the black dots on each page. I would highly recommend this book!

I used this book with my preschool and kindergarten students. They really enjoyed the story and doing the activity afterwards.

This is a great counting book for any toddler and small child. Going from one to ten, Mr. Crews uses black dots to represent things children can see day-to-day. My 2-yr-old found this book at our local library. He wanted to read it so often that I bought a copy for home. Now we read it almost every day & he never seems to get bored. This is an older book & the pictures/images reflect this-- the (obsolete) radio with four black dots for its knobs is an example. However, it still resonates with children and my son enjoys each page. His favorite page has the six marbles in a person's hands. I can't turn the page until he has put his hands on the pages to pretend he's holding the marbles as well. He also loves the last page with ten balloons flying away after being stuck in a tree. He insists on counting all ten balloons before we turn the page. The end of the book "reviews" the dots from one to ten and is a nice way to review counting from one to ten and beyond. The book is great for counting as well as early reading.

My two year old grandson is very taken with this book. The graphics are terrific.

My 10 month old stays engrossed with this book. The graphics are well-done (it has an 80s vibe), and the prose interesting enough for me to read over and over. Great counting book that I think will last a while without getting boring.

When I first flipped through the book my first impression was lukewarm since the illustrations aren’t exactly top notch. Once the little one got into it though I started to realize the simplistic beauty of it all. It is regularly picked to read now and is a great book for taking tangents to discuss numbers and various things. It is a bit dated though (who has a radio with knobs or a piggy bank with pennies now) so I’m not sure if it makes my highly recommended list.

My son loves this book! He’s only 5 months old but this book is his favorite, he stares at the pictures and loves listening to the story. It’s really cute and creative the way they illustrate the dots, and I know we’ll be reading this for years as he learns to read and count.

My kiddos love this book and their favorite part is the train 🚂💕 they would get so excited to count the black dots ❣️