This book encourages kids (specially girls) to explore math. I love books that challenge gender stereotypes and this one does just that.

This is a lovely story about a little girl finding her passion- math! After observing her family's passions- art for her father, entomology for her mother, music for her brother- and trying different things at school, like sports, drama, dance, she realizes that her passion is for math. She sees math everywhere she looks- the concentric circles in water when she throws a stone into a lake, the fractals in tree branches, geometric shapes in the playground equipment- and that makes her happy. At the end of the story, we get a peek into her math notebook, where she explains the different mathematical ideas shown in the soft, detailed illustrations throughout the book. I loved the ideas of finding your passion, whatever it may be, and that math can be beautiful!

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I received this arc from NetGalley for an honest review. I love this new picture book about passions by a young girl. Her passion is math which is excellent to see for a young girl.

This is one of those picture books that are hard to classify. It's not a story. It's not strictly instructional. It's more a celebration of an idea. It's looking at cool things with math.

I loved everything about this book!
A math nerd enjoying math in everyday life?
Yes please!
This will be lots of fun to share with tiny humans!
Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada for my DRC.

'Count on Me' with words and illustrations by Miguel Tanco is a picture book about how it's ok to like different things. In the case of this ebook, that is math.

The young girl in the book observes all the passions of the people in her family, like painting or studying insects. At school, we see her trying all kinds of things like dance and cooking and acting, but her true passion is math. She sees it in everything, even the stones she skips in the lake.

There are many things in the world to be passionate about. Why not math? I love the approach of this ebook in not trying to demonize math. The illustrations are a bit muted, but really nice. I like the addition of the math concepts at the end of the ebook.

I received a review copy of this ebook from Tundra Books, Penguin Random House Canada, and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review. Thank you for allowing me to review this ebook.

Awesome story! I love that a child enjoys math! The illustrations were a bit too small to see on my Kindle, but I bet they'll look great in the book! Colorful, too. I also enjoyed the end of the story that included explanations of math concepts such as sets, concentric circles, and trajectory! Wonderful intro to math for littles!

I love, love, love this little picture book about a girl who loves math. The illustrations are darling and a lot of math is worked into such a sparse little picture book. I love the fact that the reader can see how math is involved in the things the girl does and sees (she looks at a painting and sees a long math equation, flies a paper airplane and sees the trajectory, etc.) and then at the end we get to read her notebook of sketches and explanations of math concepts like concentric circles, polygons, fractals and kinds of sets.

This would make a wonderful addition to a home or school library, especially to gently encourage a love of math and an understanding of math concepts. I plan to get a copy for our home.

My rating system:
1 = hated it
2 = it was okay
3 = liked it
4 = really liked it
5 = love it, plan to purchase, and/or would buy it again if it was lost

I read a temporary digital ARC of the book for the purpose of review.

Count on me a lovely companion to teaching math and to get children excited about the field of mathematics. The illustrations and notebook guide in the back make it a great book for the classroom.

I have yet to read a picture book focused on math. There are many great STEM books, science books, fairy stories, books about art, etc but I can’t think of a book focused solely on math. Thanks to Miguel Tanco and Tundra Books, Count on Me hits shelves this spring.

In the story a little girl has tried all of the different activities offered at her school. She has tried sports and arts endeavours but nothing she tries are right for her, except for math. Her mind sees math all around her, in nature, on the playground, even at the dinner table. Math is all around and it’s how she sees the world which can be hard to understand.

It’s so refreshing to have a story for all those readers who see the world a little differently. To see themselves and their passions reflected back to them and to know they are not alone in their love for math. The illustrations are so wonderful with a muted color palette to really let the story and the math shine through. My favourite part is the girl’s math notebook at the end. I must admit, there were some math concepts I was not familiar with in the story, but thanks to the math notebook at the end, I was given simple explanations for some really complex concepts. If you live in Ontario, Canada you may have heard the talk about low math scores across the province so Count on Me by Miguel Tanco is incredibly timely and a must have for Ontario classrooms and libraries

A book about finding what you love and the young narrator in this selection finds math. The pictures were completed with simple lines and mostly subtle watercolors, while the narrator stands out with her reddish-brown hair on every page. The scenes of this biracial family are fun and cozy. The Math Book at the end (with details of math concepts) will invite readers to turn back to the beginning to dive deeper into the images.
A great read for elementary classrooms and library STEM programs.

I was given an ebook copy by the publisher. My reviews and opinions are my own.

Count on Me is a good little book. We follow a little girl who is struggling to explain to everyone that her passion is math. I like the illustrations (though, goodness, I wish the dad would maybe shave or at least tidy things up a bit!), and in most cases few words are needed on each page to make the ideas really clear.

I do wish that her love for math was integrated into some of the other activities she attempted and dismissed, but that is more than made up for by the fantastic section at the back that defines and explains some basic math concepts.

This is a solid little book that just might encourage more young girls to embrace math before they hear the message that it's not a thing girls are supposed to do.

4 strong stars for this little book.

Thanks to NetGalley and Tundra Books for providing me with a DRC of this book.

Do you have a particular passion for something? Is it music? Is it painting? Is it cooking? Well today's little heroine has a passion for math. What? How could anyone possibility love math?

This young girl looks around her world and see shapes, and numbers and all the math possibilities that surround her. Math seems to be hidden from others but to her it is exposed. She sees geometric shapes on the playground, concentric circles as she skips stones across the water, and the curve of playground slide just to name a few. Every day she uncovers more math-meaning in her every day life.

This book is a celebration of math and it's wonders. The author concludes that: "there are infinite ways to see the world" and the little girl is gifted with seeing it through the lens of mathmatics. The illustrations are beautiful and enhance the text greatly. Included at the end is a sneak peek into the little girl's math journal where she daily records her math discoveries. I highly recommend this book. It is terrific from beginning to end. Well done!

Tanco's story and illustrations are perfect! The main character, a young lady with a very supportive and creative family, has tried her hand at everything, but nothing seemed to be "her" except for math, and that's okay. As Tanco writes, "there are infinite ways to see the world." The focus on the character's math journal shows young readers how math just entertained them without them knowing. This book should be in every kindergarten classroom and homeschool library.

Thank you NetGalley and Penguin Random House Canada - Tundra Books for the opportunity to read an advance reader copy.

This is kind of a cute, slow burn sort of story about a little girl who explains that everyone has a passion, and hers happens to be math.

And if you wonder how anyone could have such a passion, then she shares her notebook, where it is all explained, and you get to understand a little better.

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And through this notebook you get to learn about fractals, and trajectories. You get to learn that math is more than just adding numbers together. And it all makes sense that she would love it so much.

A good story for children who have different types of passion, and perhaps this will also encourage them to have these types of passion.

Thanks to Netgalley for making this book avialble for an honest review.

I love, loVE, LOVE this book! There are so many wonderful things about Count on Me, written and illustrated by Miguel Tanco: the images, storyline, message…everything! It’s been awhile since I’ve read a picture book that seems to have it all.

Count on Me is a story about a young girl who lives with a family of people who know their calling; her mom is a scientist, her dad is a painter, and her brother is a musician. Through subsequent pages, readers begin to see the girl’s passion take shape. It’s math. Math is all around and the girl just can’t get enough. Even though her peers don’t fully understand her passion, it’s ok. Because she knows that everyone has his/her own way of seeing the world, and hers is through the lens of fractals, polygons, and the like.

Great read aloud for grades 2-3.

Author/Illustrator: Miguel Tanco
Publisher: Penguin Random House/Tundra Books

I received this book from the publisher and NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

Count on Me is the story of a young girl who knows her life passion is the math that makes the world go round-- whether it's in nature, buildings, or art, math is everywhere! I love illustrations like the ones in Count on Me, with color used to pop out important pieces of each picture. A perfect book for the child who looks for the answers to life's measured wonders.

Perfect book for little mathematicians! I love that this book shows math can be a passion like drawing or sports and should be accepted as such. Very inspiring and encouraging for kids who love math!

Wow, what a wonderful surprise! Count on Me is a book about a little girl who has a more unusual passion, math. The beginning of the book talks about how all her family members have their own passions and that she has tried out many of them herself but they just haven't been the right fit.

She realizes that having a passion, even if it is unlike a lot of other peoples, is a very wonderful thing. She then shares about how she sees and interacts with math in the world around here. This was a very sweet book with a powerful message. I loved the illustrations so much and especially enjoyed how inclusive it was, with both the text and the book's artwork. Bravo!

You guys, <i>Count on Me </i>by Miguel Tanco was <i>so</i> damn cute. I don't even know where to begin with how much I adored this book, but ultimately it comes down to two things. The first is how it portrays the main character's love of math, a slightly unconventional passion for most children. The second is the inclusion of diversity. I always love seeing characters who offer those who have rarely seen themselves in media the opportunity to do so. And honestly, I cannot wait for <i>Count on Me </i>to find its way to a great many shelves for all the girls who love math and for all the girls who will be able to see themselves in this character. Something else that I really appreciated about this book is the fact that the family is interracial, portrayed with a white father and a POC mother. Though the roles are switched as far as matching goes, one of the things I was really excited about was the fact that this character would be perfect for my other niece, whose mother is my sister.

<i>Count on Me</i> follows our main character as she goes about the world trying to find her passion. Her father is an artist, her brother a musician, and her mom a scientist. Though she tries out these passions, and others, the young girl in this story turns to math above all else. I was thrilled to see all the ways in which math was integrated into the story, especially as the main character introduces readers to them. A part of me does wish that the author had included more information as to how math can relate to the other passions that the young girl tries--I know for a fact that there's a <i>lot</i> of math in science--as it really would have added to the story.

The artwork was absolutely gorgeous, which I think you can tell just by looking at the cover there. You can really feel a strong connection to the characters and one of the best pieces was the illustrated notebook explaining all of the math pieces that the author touches on in the book. It's presented as the young girl's notebook and does an amazing job illustrating how the math works. While I don't picture children being exceedingly interested in this portion of the book, I do think it's a wonderful inclusion and the kids who are interested in math will definitely find it exciting.

<i>I was provided a free copy of this book via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.</i>