One, two, three . . . Wait, who am I missing? The Blunder kids' head
count somehow keeps falling short in this funny and familiar tale.
It's not even lunchtime, and already the ten Blunder children have
messed up the laundry, the bathtub, and taking care of the animals. They
are driving their mother up the wall. So she sends them out to play with
just two rules: keep track of one another and make sure everyone is home
by sunset. As the day draws to an end, each Blunder tries counting the
others -- forward and backward, in English and Spanish, and even by twos
and three -- but comes up with only nine. Uh-oh! Will their mother
forgive the biggest blunder of all? Inspired by a common folktale,
Christina Soontornvat shares a humorous story about ten kids who just
can't get things right, while Colin Jack's adorable artwork lets readers
in on the joke that each child is forgetting to count him- or herself.