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Also available in Spanish and as a board book!

Written by JaNay Brown-Wood

Illustrated by Priscilla Burris

Charlesbridge Inc

ISBN: 9781580897129

ISBN-10: 1580897126


This sweet, rhyming counting book introduces young readers to numbers one through fifteen as Grandma’s family and friends fill her tiny house on Brown Street. Neighbors, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and grandkids crowd into the house and pile it high with treats for a family feast.

But when the walls begin to bulge and no-body has space enough to eat, one clever grandchild knows exactly what to do.

Where there’s a will there’s a way when families grow and come together.

Awards & Honors:

  • Chicago Public Library’s 2017 Best of the Best Books selection
  • 2018 CELI Read Aloud Book Award
  • Center for Study of Multicultural Children’s Literature Best Books, 2013-2024
  • El dia de los ninos selection, 2013-2025
  • California Department of Education Recommended List 2022
  • California Department of Education Recommended List 2022, PK
  • Also available in Spanish

Buy the book

Also available in Spanish and as a board book!