Tana Hoban

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

White illustrations against a black background, alternating with black illustrations against a white background, depicting objects such as an elephant, butterfly, leaf, horse, baby bottle, and sailboat.

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

Photographs of familiar outdoor scenes illustrate pairs of opposites.

Illustrations and brief text introduce colors and the concepts of shape and size.

Photographs illustrate groupings of objects in larger and smaller numbers.

Photographs of animals and objects in larger and smaller sizes suggest comparisons between the two.

Photographs present objects and scenes from different perspectives, some viewed from below and some from above.