A clever counting book counts by threes to show sets of crows flying in to eat different things, such as crunchy chips and slimy snails (which are also countable). The stylized black-and-white pencil illustrations use red highlights—all the crows are wearing red-and-white striped sweaters and the fourth crow sports a red scarf with white polka dots. After 12 crows have gathered, a cat comes along and scares them all away—again in groups of three. As they fly off into the sky, the polka-dotted scarf drops and, in the end, the cat sits with the scarf around his neck, dreaming of the dinner that got away. (Ages 3–6)

Help hungry crows avoid a feline foe in this clever concept book from the author of The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp and The Underneath.

One, two, three, crows in a tree, bedecked in red scarves and hungry as can be. So they fly out of their nest with snacking in mind, and snack they do. Snack one, snack two, snack three—all the way to a dozen! But before they have time to complain about bellyaches, they have a bigger problem: a cat has been eyeing them…as potential snacks! Can these well-fed crows become well-FLED crows? Read and find out in this counting book from Newbery Finalist and two-time National Book Award Nominee Kathi Appelt, with spot-on illustrations from Rob Dunlavey. It’s the cat’s meow!