Title: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Author: Mem Fox
Illustrator: Helen Oxenbury
Publisher: Harcourt
Year: 2008
ISBN: 978-0152060572
Genre: fiction
Topics: body parts, repetition, rhyme, counting, love, differences, diversity, multicultural
Age Group: 0-4
Awards: A Horn Book Fanfare Best Book (2008), School Library Journal Best Book of the Year (2008), Australian Book Industry Awards (Book of the Year for Younger Children, 2009)
Dewey Category: n/a
Format: Picture book
Soft illustrations of an ethnically diverse group of babies with their parents, tantalizes with its cooing and comforting prose. Best for those one-on-one story times that promote child-baby bonding, with the added bonus of learning about similarities and differences.
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