Review by Booklist Review
Gr. 2-4, younger for reading aloud. Titles in the ongoing Count Your Way series use a simple 1-to-10 number format to introduce basic cultural concepts about a specific country. This installment begins with a short paragraph of facts about Iran, including its size, population, and official language, followed by double-page spreads that tie an interesting aspect of Iranian life to a number between 1 and 10. One, for example, represents the number of Iranian car companies; 2 represents the Towers of Silence, an ancient, sacred site. Arabic-language numerals (and accompanying pronunciation guides) appear on each page, and the airy, stylized watercolors, including a map and an image of the Iranian flag, are instructive and cheerful. A good supplementary choice for early elementary discussions about the Middle East. The countries of Zimbabwe and Afghanistan are examined in other recent books in the series.--Gillian Engberg Copyright 2006 Booklist
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Review by Horn Book Review
After brief introductions, the authors translate the numbers one through ten, including culturally relevant but randomly presented items: ""Four women wear burkas""; ""Ten wrestlers train together."" Each spread includes a colorful if amateurish painting as backdrop in addition to the Arabic numeral, the numeral notation and pronunciation in Pashto (Afghanistan) or Farsi (Iran), and an explanatory paragraph. [Review covers these Count Your Way titles: Count Your Way through Afghanistan and Count Your Way through Iran.] (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. All rights reserved.
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