Vamos a Contar! One Is A Pinata! by Roseanne Greenfield Thong

One is a rainbow.
One is a cake.
One is a pinata
that is ready to break!

One thing we can count on is that everybody loves a party, especially when there's a pinata waiting at the end of the fun.

But before we get the surprises hidden inside the pinata, there are duo of maracas to shake and a pair of zapatos (shoes) for happy feet. There's a game for two and sonrisos (smiles) abound when the ice cream cones come around.

And it's not a party without at least tres barbujos (three balloons) to pop. There are goodies to eat with cocoa and kites (cometas) to be flown, salsa to snack on and fruity aguas (drinks) and frutas on a stick, and if there is a rain shower, you can count on nine paraguas (umbrellas) to go around and a puddle for everyone.

How many candles (velas) are there to celebrate the fiesta? Ten, my friend, for you, diez para tu'!

And for those tired out by the fiesta, there are plenty of yawns and somnolent siesta!

There are so many numbers,
we love to contar,
From uno to diez,
Can you count that far?

In Roseanne Greenfield Thong's brand-new bilingual counting book, One Is a Piñata: A Book of Numbers (Chronicle Books, 2019), the author's rhyming text teaches a bit of Spanish vocabulary, while award-winning artist John Parra provides just the right number of items on each brightly-colored spread filled with young party-goers to associate with the number.

"An obvious choice for any picture book collection, this book teaches counting skills and new words while celebrating Hispanic and Latinx culture," says School Library Journal.