Count on Your Fingers African Style
by Claudia Zaslavsky and Jerry Pinkney
Different traditional methods of finger counting used by several groups of people... read more
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- Grade
- 1-6
- Genre
- Nonfiction
- Cultural Experience
- African
Year Published 1980
Word Count 1,049
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: Currently Not Available
- ATOS Reading Level: 2.8
- AR Quiz Numbers
- Quiz 74023, 0.5 AR Points
- Subject Headings
- Counting--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Juvenile literature
- Africa--Social life and customs
- Juvenile literature
- Numeration--Juvenile literature
- Finger play--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Juvenile literature
- Social life and customs
- Finger play
- Ethnomathematics
- Ethnomathematics--Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Africa, Sub-Saharan
- Number systems
- Africa
- Counting
- Mathematics | Arithmetic
- Numeration
- Ethnomathematics--Africa, Sub-Saharan--Juvenile literature
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Meet-the-Illustrator Recording with Jerry Pinkney about Count on Your Fingers African Style
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Audio Name Pronunciation with Jerry Pinkney
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In-depth Written Interview with Jerry Pinkney
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Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Book Guides, Activities & Lessons 1
Nonfiction Read and Respond Multi-Leveled Lesson
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Awards & Distinctions 2
Coretta Scott King Book Awards, 1970-2024
Illustrator Honor, 1981
CCBC Choices
Selection, 1980
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