Zero by Kathryn Otoshi

Zero by Kathryn Otoshi

Zero is a big round number. When she looks at herself, she just sees a hole right in her center. Every day she watches the other numbers line up to count: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 . . . Those numbers have value. That's why they count, she thinks. But how could a number worth nothing become something? Zero feels empty inside. She watches One having fun with the other numbers. One has bold strokes and squared corners. Zero is big and round with no corners at all. If I were like One, then I can count too, she thinks. So she pushes and pulls, stretches and straightens, forces and flattens herself, but in the end she realizes that she can only be Zero. As budding young readers learn about numbers and counting, they are also introduced to accepting different body types, developing social skills and character, and learning what it means to find value in yourself and in others.

Kathryn Otoshi is an award-winning author/illustrator best known for the One, Zero, and Two series of character-building number/color books. She's also the co-author of Lovely Hands, a book on opportunities and achieving your goals. She travels across the country encouraging children to develop positive character characteristics and assisting readers in developing innovative ways to engage and connect with their pupils via the power of reading, art, and literature. She resides in the Bay Area in San Francisco.

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ISBN 13	9780972394635
ISBN 10	097239463X
Title	Zero
Author	Kathryn Otoshi
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	KO Kids Books
Year published	2010-10-28
Number of pages	32
Prizes	Short-listed for Volunteer State Book Awards (Primary) 2012
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