Anno's Counting House

Mitsumasa Anno's "Anno's Counting House" is a brilliant wordless picture book that introduces counting and numeration concepts through an engaging narrative of ten children moving houses. The unique die-cut windows allow readers to see into both the old and new homes, observing the children and their possessions as they transition. This interactive design encourages spatial reasoning, observation skills, and the conservation of number, as children count how many are in each house. It's a gentle, visually rich story perfect for sparking conversations about numbers, change, and new beginnings.

One by one, ten children move from their old house into their new house with all their possessions. Die-cut windows reveal the interiors of the houses and the book can also be read from back to front.