Tana Hoban

Color photographs of letters, numbers, coins, and common objects introduce the alphabet, coinage, and the counting system.

Photographs display the range of colors in the world around us, showing the bright colors of jelly beans, umbrellas, butterflies, and roller skates.

Photographs demonstrate the spatial concepts expressed in twelve words such as around, across, between, against, and behind.

Color photographs introduce signs seen on streets.

Photographs without text feature shadows and reflections of various objects, animals, and people.

The geometric concepts of circles and squares are shown in photographs of wheels, signs, pots, and other familiar objects.

Captioned photographs depict a young elephant's adventures playing in the water.