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First published in French in 2006 and then Spanish in 2007, Numeralia is an original collaboration between Mexican author, Jorge Luján, and Argentinian illustrator, Isol. These award-winning artists have put together a striking and deceptively simple book about the numbers 0 to 9. The colourful illustrations dance from animals (like 2 ducklings) to concepts (like 3 bedtime kisses) to cultural or historical figures (like 6 musketeers) to flights of fancy (like an upside down chair that looks like a 4 or secret creatures who fill out the 5 fingers of a glove). The lovely end papers are reminiscent of schoolroom number work. Luján’s charmingly creative text couples perfectly with Isol’s wonderful drawings to encourage children to make their own connections between text and images and numbers.

Jorge Luján Numeralia
Illustrated by Isol
Toronto: Groundwood, 2014 Unp.
ISBN: 9781554984442
(Picturebook; ages 2+)