The Numbers Store: Sunday Adventures Series

by Harold Green III, DeAnn Wiley (Illustrator)

Overview

This stunning, early-concept board book series features an intergenerational Black family over the course of a day at the local grocery store, as readers learn colors and numbers. 

When Mom realizes there are zero eggs in the house, the entire family heads to the store to pick up more. Readers can join the counting fun as the family shops and adds more items to their basket—from three bananas to five plums—amid the backdrop of a bustling market. Publishing simultaneously with The Rainbow Park, The Numbers Store studies numbers through the experience of an intergenerational Black family’s trip to the local grocery store.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762481576
Publisher:	Running Press Book Publishers
Publication date:	05/02/2023
Pages:	24
Product dimensions:	7.05(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.65(d)
Age Range:	3 Months to 3 Years

About the Author

Harold Green III is an ever-evolving artist whose vibrant storytelling and passionate, lyrical delivery captivate audiences domestically and internationally. Using poetry as his central art form, Harold is a highly sought-after speaker, bandleader, and event producer. His self-published first collection of poetry, From Englewood, with Love, earned the prestigious Carl Sandburg Literary Award. He is also the author of Black Roses and Black Oak, a duo of illustrated volumes inspired by his viral odes to Black celebrities who are making history today (HarperDesign, 2022).

Born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, DeAnn Wiley has been a self-taught painter for five years. She began with traditional acrylic painting and just began her journey into the digital art world with a focus on children’s illustrations. Her debut picture book, Sarah Rising, releases from Beaming Books in May 2022. She is an advocate for social justice, as she sits at the intersection of many identities: Black, woman, queer and disabled. When she is not painting or illustrating, she is working on her final year of grad school for Counseling Psychology. DeAnn is committed to learning, growing, and healing and each phase of her journey can be seen through her art.

Editorial Reviews

Lively charm infuses each page of this story that includes three generations and innumerable fun details.”—San Francisco Chronicle

From the Publisher

07/01/2023

Toddler-PreS—Shock goes around the table, where two members of a family, with gray hair and brown skin, see a slightly younger woman, perhaps a mother, with black hair, note that there are "ZERO" eggs. "Let's go to the store," says a fatherly type, donning a jacket, and they spy "ONE" worker in the parking lot. Thus begins a simple numbers game from a shopping trip, ending in one hug and "infinite love." VERDICT A cherished shopping ritual has fun written into every step, and this family has love written into every interaction. A lovely book.

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