I think this is a book you could read every night before bedtime. It's a 'count and kiss' book. So, let's begin. First you count and kiss all ten toes and then count nine kisses while you're kissing the feet. Who wouldn't look forward to bedtime when you get kissed and have so much fun getting there? Discover the engaging rhymes as babies from far and near gather to show their fingers and toes...and a kiss for the nose.
38 pages 978-0547366203 Ages 1-3
Recommended by: Barb Langridge, abookandahug.com
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Ten little fingers and ten little toes and the joy and the hopes of parents around the globe...that's what little babies are made of. It doesn't matter if you are born in the land of ice or come out the door of a tent in the desert, babies are babies no matter where they begin! So goes the message of the liltingly rhyming new croonable gem from Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury. The gently diverse babies crawl and cry and look out at us with such great expectations. The prose rhymes on, "And both of these babies as everyone knows, had ten little fingers and ten little toes." The babies gather together magically from around the world in two's and five's and they swing and they play with great glee. And the rhythm, like a mother's heartbeat, plays on and the love is universal. This is another magical read aloud from Mem Fox and the quietly reassuring illustrations from Helen Oxenbury offer the possibility of dignity, acceptance and celebration for all babies.
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From two of the most gifted picture-book creators of our time, here is a celebration of baby fingers, baby toes, and the joy they—and the babies they belong to—bring to everyone, everywhere, all over the world!
This is a gorgeously simple picture book for very young children, and once you finish the rhythmic, rhyming text, all you’ll want to do is go back to the beginning . . . and read it again! This padded board book is perfect for the little ones.
The luminous watercolor illustrations of these roly-poly little ones from a variety of backgrounds are adorable, quirky, and true to life, right down to the wrinkles, dimples, and pudges in their completely squishable arms, legs, and tummies.
As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than stubby baby fingers and chubby baby toes. This is a counting book for little ones and the grown-ups around them to share and chant along to.---from the publisher
