Students who have learned their ABC's will now have even more fun learning to count with this delightful addition to their library. Michigan flora and fauna take a starring role in this new title, taking students from "one Karner Blue butterfly" to "twelve jugs of maple syrup." Teachers and parents alike will find themseleves reading and counting over and over again while everyone learns fun Michigan facts. This is a wonderful companion book to "M is for Mitten: The Michigan Alphabet Book."

Author Carol Crane and illustrator Alan Stacy who collaborated on the popular alphabet book "L is for Lone Star" have teamed up again for "Round Up," the companion counting book for the great state of Texas. This colorful and richly informative pictorial teaches children numbers and math concepts by using historical figures and places and things specific to Texas as examples.

Hours of entertainment await readers who will learn about everything from Frogmore Stew and Clemson Blue Cheese to Four Holes Swamp and Catawba Pottery in this book that shows there is plenty in South Carolina to discover by the numbers.