Have you ever received too many things all at once? This is the problem that Maria faces in the book Maria Counts Pumpkins. In this text Maria is sitting on the stoop of her apartment with her dog when seven different relatives bring her pumpkins. The pumpkins crowd the dog and Maria off the stoop. The repeated sentence patterns and picture to text match in this book help early readers retain meaning and read counting words.

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