The House in the Meadow

Over in the meadow there's a spring wedding, with the couple's 10 best friends to celebrate. What's next? - A house!

• 9 diggers,
• 8 masons,
• 7 carpenters,
• 6 well diggers,
• 5 roofers,
• 4 plumbers,
• 3 electricians,
• 2 painters, and
• 1 inspector

show up with all their trucks and tools to build a new house. And when the couple and their friends have a house-warming party, a new baby comes, too!

Inspired by Olive A. Wadsworth's old counting poem, Shutta Crum's exhuberant rhyme celebrates the fun of counting, the excitement of building a house, and the satisfaction of sharing work.