# Hachette Book Group Recalls Children's Books Due To Choking and Laceration Hazards
> **CPSC recall** · 2013-09-11 · 13284 · 1 injuries reported
## Recall
- **Number:** 13284
- **Date:** 2013-09-11
- **Injuries reported:** 1
## Products

Children's books titled "Count my Kisses, 1, 2, 3" and "Red, Green, Blue, I Love You"

## Hazards

A metal rod holding small beads on the cover of books can detach and release small parts that present a choking hazard. A detached metal bar can expose a sharp edge posing a laceration hazard.

## Remedies

Refund

## Retailer(s)

Barnes and Noble, online at Amazon.com and by other booksellers and retailers from June 2013 to August 2013 for about $8.

## Importer(s)

Hachette Book Group, Inc., New York, N.Y.

## Country of manufacture

China

## Description

The board-shaped children's books have cut out covers that serve as a handle and include an embedded bar in the handle with beads for children to play with. "Ages 3+" is printed on the back covers and the ISBN numbers are also on the back covers near the bar code. Two titles are included: Count my Kisses, 1, 2, 3, ISBN: 978-0-316-13354-8, has five colored cylindrical wooden beads with printed hearts on the rod; and, Red, Green, Blue, I Love You, ISBN: 978-0-316-13353-1, has five colored circular wooden beads on the metal rod.

## Source
- [CPSC recall page](https://www.cpsc.gov/Recalls/2013/Hachette-Book-Group-Recalls-Childrens-Books)
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