By Smriti Halls (author) , Nila Aye (illustrator)
"Debra expands her concept of numbers and learns that she is number one for her Mama."
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January 2025 Book of the Month
Debra the Zebra is possibly the cutest zebra you will ever see, with her huge inquisitive eyes and cheeky grin. Her stripes are set off beautifully against a vivid African savannah landscape brought to life by award-winning illustrator Nila Aye.
Smriti Halls once again demonstrates her fluency in rhyming picturebook texts that are simply a joy to read aloud. Debra, like any small child will be, is so proud of herself for learning to count and she gleefully demonstrates her skill by counting from one – the sun - all the way through to ten blades of grass. She asks her friend Ostrich for a counting task, but discovers she needs more than ten and she has no idea what comes next, and she knows her friend’s suggestions are just not right!
Luckily Mama is at hand and off they go merrily counting everything in sight. ‘Numbers were perfect, they grew and they grew.’ But when Mama sends her off to play with the herd and their millions of stripes she wonders if she will ever be found? But the reassuring message is that she is Mama’s number one and will always be found. Her ‘one in a million’.
Utterly charming and comforting, this is a lovely book to share. Not only will young readers enjoy counting as they go through and be inspired to have lots of useful conversations about number, they get a reassuring boost to their self-esteem.
One in a Million is brimming with heart, reassurance and parental love, from one of today's best-loved picture book authors and an award-winning illustrator.
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It tells the story of Debra the zebra who is delighted to find she can count anything and everything… but disaster strikes when Debra realises how big the world is - and just how small she is in it.
Luckily, her wise Mama is there to remind Debra that in a world of hundreds, thousands - even millions - sometimes it's just ONE little zebra, that counts most of all.
Smriti Halls is an internationally bestselling children’s author whose award-winning books have been translated into more than 40 languages. Her stories are loved by children and adults alike and include picture book classics Rain Before Rainbows and the I’m Sticking With You series, as well as Publishers Weekly #1 bestselling I Love You Night and Day .
Smriti is South Indian by birth, British by nationality and a Londoner at heart and her stories, whether fast-paced and funny or lyrical and tender, are filled with hope, humour and heart, where every child can find themselves
Read the author's Q&A here .
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One in a Million is brimming with heart, reassurance and parental love, from one of today's best-loved picture book authors and an award-winning illustrator. It tells the story of Debra the zebra who is delighted to find she can count anything and everything… but disaster strikes when Debra realises how big the world is - and just how small she is in it.
The LoveReading4Kids Editorial Team have read and reviewed One in a Million and determined it is suitable for children aged 3-6 years old
One in a Million features in the following genres: Featured Books for 3+ readers, Featured Books for 5+ readers, Books of the Month, Recommendations, Animal Stories, The Natural World, Science, Wildlife, First Concepts, Children’s picture books, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Wildlife and habitats: Oceans and seas, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Mathematics and numbers, Early years: numbers and counting, Children's and Young Adult Fiction, Children’s, Teenage and Educational, Children’s: picture books, activity books, early learning concepts, Children’s / Teenage: General interest
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One in a Million was written by Smriti Halls and published by HarperCollins Children's Books an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
One in a Million has 32 pages
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