Fifteen Animals!

Who else but Sandra Boynton could imagine fifteen Bobs in one book? Actually, that’s fourteen Bobs, and one Simon James Alexander Ragsdale the Third (he’s a turtle), which gives Fifteen Animals! the added dimension of being a unique counting book—count the Bobs, count the pets, count the bunnies, count the fish. And, for the first time, a person character, an earnest little boy who loves animals and happily sings:

 

I really like animals,

I like them a lot.

Fifteen animals is what I’ve got.

I’ve got fifteen animals.

They’re friendly and tame, and

I’ve given each one a special name.

Make that Bob.