Dot to Dot Count to 75 Paperback – October 28, 2006

I ordered 12 or 13 dot-to-dot books, mazes books, and reading skill comprehension books for my 7 year old grandson. He has been struggling with 2nd grade this year, and I had quickly exhausted the meager supply of books of that sort from WalMart.After almost fighting with him to do the first dot-to-dot book I got for him, he finished both books in 3 days, and was wanting some more. No one seemed to carry those types of books, geared for his age group. When I thought of Amazon, and went online to check what they had, I found all sorts of books.He is still working on them, and really enjoys the challenge they present. I also ordered 2 specifically geared to kindergarten level, as I have a 5 year old grandaughter who was having some problems with her numbers and alphabet letters. She picked those up rapidly after going through her books.My 11 year old grandaughter loves the dot-to-dot books, as well as the books that have all sorts of challenges in them; the puzzle books. She also loves the comprehensive reading books.Amazon has come through once again as the place to find quality items, very reasonably priced, and often offering free shipping on some items. I shall continue to shop with them, as their main goal is the customer's satisfaction!

The puzzles are printed on quality paper and the have interesting themes. The numbers have a more "hand written" look rather than a traditional printed look. Younger children might not recognize the number nine. The nine (9) looks more like the letter "g" than the traditional printed nine that children usually see. View the larger image of the front cover and you can see how the nines are printed.Also the numbers do not follow in a easy line next to each other. The next number might be up or down or across the page. It takes some searching to find where it go.The book would be fine for children able to do higher level of difficulty puzzles. The recommend age is 9- 12, however younger children can do it. I just would not make it the first dot to dot counting to 75 for a kindergartener.

what a fun way to reinforce counting. nice, thick book and the pictures are good and recognizable by a child.