Two

It's such a cute and simple and short book but it tells so much and as a wonderful story about friendship!

I am a HUGE Kathryn Otoshi fan. She has a brilliant grasp of issues children face and a gift for paring those emotional issues down to a basic concept that young and old can appreciate. Her wordplay in all of her works that I have read, One, Zero and now Two, are delightfully clever.That being said, Two is not my favorite. One and Zero seemed effortless. This new metaphor seems a bit too over-thought. It feels as if she has felt pressured to recreate the magic of the previous two publications. I would love to see her try a new angle, something different than the number metaphors. She is a gifted voice in children's literature and I hope she does not pigeonhole herself due to past successes.

Love these books it came in love perfect time my son loves the series

Good: Great for kids that love numbers. My 2yo started learning their odds and evens bc of this book. Story is also more solid than most other children's storiesBad: Simplistic art can have you scratching your head why children's books cost so much.Overall: I paid $13.15. Best book among One, Zero, and Two imho. I would buy this in a heart beat again

I love Kathryn's books! I read them to my second graders to help the discussions of bullying and friendship. She is so creative in using colors and numbers in her stories. The students love the stories. Two is about friendship and how to be a friend. It deals with a common topic with 7 year olds--how to be a friend with more than one person.

Our school librarian asked for this book when I wanted to purchase something to THANK our parent volunteers. She read it to my class after it arrived....perfect!

Awesome book! Kathryn Otoshi is my hero! So creative, well-written and teaches a ton of lessons not only for kids but for me as an adult, a father and just a person who is always trying to improve myself.

Like the other reviewer implied "Two" is a bit on the wordy side. From a purely educational standpoint, it's trying to draw the differences between even and odd numbers without actually explaining why some numbers are even and some are odd. Which is fine in that this isn't a text book. But if you're going to "go there" don't stop halfway. The problem is, kids at the age where the book's content would appropriate, are just learning to count and cannot grasp the concept of odds and evens, especially if it's not explained.Then there's the story line. It's all over the place. 1 & 2 are friends then 3 jumps in and takes 1 away from 2. Is this a lesson in friendship jealousy, learning to expand your social circle? Could be... But then it goes into this odd direction about the odds and evens fighting. So is it now a lesson in liking those who are different? Then 2 suddenly learns about being a better 'person' if you will, and brings everyone back together. Then they all start dancing or something.Then there's just the sheer wordiness of it. My 3.5 year old loves to be read to but he can't read himself of course. I let him pick out his books each night but I absolutely dread when he picks this one. Even his eyes glaze over after a few pages. It's just far too wordy; so I just take short cuts, leaving out a sentence or two on each page - he's none the wiser. Just so we can get to sleep before midnight. It's like Tolstoy.I hope once Otoshi gets to writing about the other numbers, those books are more in line with "One" and "Zero" which we love.

6yo that already read ONE loved TWO too :)

this author is amazing at targeting a problem children face and provides them with the tools to overcome them.

Great teaching tool!!

A clever book that teaches different strands of math and social skills for children

Another great book for kids!