Everything I Need to Know Before I'm Five

Copyright Â© 2011 by Valorie Fisher. All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Schwartz & Wade Books, an imprint of Random House Children's Books,
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Fisher, Valorie.
Everything I need to know before I'm five / Valorie Fisher. â 1st ed.
p. cm.
eISBN: 978-0-375-98876-9
1. Number conceptâJuvenile literature. 2. PolarityâJuvenile literature. 3. GeometryâJuvenile literature. 4. ColorsâJuvenile literature. 5. SeasonsâJuvenile literature.
6. AlphabetsâJuvenile literature. I. Title.
QA40.5.F57 2011
[E]âdc22
2010031265

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Title Page

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About the Author

For Sherwood and Strasburger

Acknowledgments

I would like to thank educators Candise Stiewing and Maggie Siena for their insight and advice. I thank David, Aidan, and Olive for their constant support and encouragement. And I am deeply grateful to Lee Wade and Anne Schwartz, with whom it is always a perfect pleasure to collaborate.