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A child's solitary day at the playground turns into a boisterous park-wide adventure as one boy on the slide becomes two kids on the see-saw, then three jumping rope. Before long, ten new friends are playing like they've known one another forever. With its deceptively simple text and a rich visual narrative, How to Two is a playful counting and reverse-counting concept book as well as an exuberant celebration of inclusive play, friendship, and community.
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Horn Book Review
In this inviting picture booka counting book that could also serve as a set of inclusivity instructionswe see a lone boy playing on a slide (how to one). When he joins a nearby girl on a seesaw, we learn how to two. One by one, more children gather until there are ten of them engaged in a jubilant game of tag (how to ten!). The introduction of each additional child into the group as Soman counts upward is seamless. This is a diverse, friendly assemblage; the illustrations frequently show the ever-increasing group approaching a child playing alone and welcoming that girl or boy into the fold. Soman keeps the backgrounds simple; the focus is always on the childrens dynamics, rendered via bright watercolors and colored pencils, as they enjoy playground equipment and explore nature. When, at sunset, the adults arrive to collect their children (the double-page spread showing the children departing from the park cleverly counts down from ten to one), Soman depicts what appear to be single parents, same-sex couples, grandparents, and a mother in a hijab; its a wonderfully mixed group. And instead of stopping the visual narrative there, Soman reminds us that another way to two is to sit on a grownups lap to read a good book, as the boy we met on the books first spread settles in at home. This joyous celebration of play closes with an invitation to spot ten creatures in the park; viewers will be happy to return to the beginning to find them. julie Danielson March/April 2019 p 69(c) Copyright 2019. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Kirkus Review
From the co-creator and illustrator of the Ladybug Girl books comes a joyful exploration of a day at the playground, where a young child finds new playmates and shares new activities in almost every spread until one has become 10 and it's clear that all are welcome to play. Sparse textthe words "How to" followed by a number with occasional changes in punctuationand subtle illustrated details offer multiple opportunities for readers to practice counting from one to 10 on each spread: The back endpapers explicitly ask readers to "find the critters," while the spine depicts 10 running silhouettes, and the book's jacket back depicts child hands of many shades indicating numbers. The text's pacing and layout at times feel a bit forced when it extends the patterned "how to" lines across more than one double-page spread, but overall the pacing is balanced, especially in the gorgeous wordless full-bleed spread that depicts all 10 children playing after the rainstorm before parting ways. Perhaps most valuable, however, are Soman's thoughtful, diverse depictions of the children and families (an interracial two-dad family; several solo older caregivers; an older sibling; a brown-skinned woman in a headscarf) through a range of skin and hair color, clothing, and gender presentations. Meanwhile, the young child and their mother, whose story grounds the book, appear to be white. No two ways about itthis one is a delight. (Picture book. 3-8) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.