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Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
Publisher: Walker Books
Babies may be born in different countries, look a little different and have different needs, but one thing that most have in common are ten fingers and ten toes. This is the uniting theme of this perfect first book for sharing. From the swaddled newborn, to children sitting alone, then crawling together, and then standing, the illustrations show babies born all over the world in the country and cities, all with irresistibly chubby fingers and toes.
This book provides a great opportunity for readers to interact with baby whilst reading aloud - and when the tale turns to the baby that is ‘mine, all mine’ and supplies a final, surprise extension to the ‘ten little toes’ rhyme, the opportunity for bonding is made perfect. Accompanied by Helen Oxenbury's lovely illustrations, this is a charming book that is perfect for little ones.
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What you thought...
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Zoe, 05 May 2024
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The illustrations of the kids in the book are lovely. For me, the text is a bit too sweet if anything, but very much a matter of personal taste. My child likes the repetition.
Nora, 07 April 2021
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The kids really love listening to this book. We count together and we use each other's feet and fingers to count as well. A great read!
Zak5, 18 May 2017
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Lovely book about how everyone is quite unique... and all the same! Beautiful... My daughter never had contact with English before, we borrowed this book from the Library and now she keeps asking me to read for her :)
Tais, 24 April 2017
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Did page two of the illustration where the mother with the apron is holding her new born orginally have a fly on her apron?
Wendy, 01 February 2017
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Willow's first present from Grammy! Willow now reaches out and touches the book and we count our fingers and toes and always make sure she has a kiss on the tip of her nose!
Jbo, 19 January 2017
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What a wonderful book! A lovely story & beautiful illustrations. Incorporates repetitive phrases for a child to remember & the end of the story allows you to involve your own child in the story. A great idea for a present for new parents.
Emmy S, 07 October 2016
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This is such a lovely book from a mummy perspective. Sums up exactly how a mummy feels about her baby. Mine loves playing at counting his fingers and toes as we read, so we both get a lot out of this one.
Kimothy, 26 August 2016
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We LOVE this book - my LO is a bit obsessed with babies and loves to identify her body parts. Now she even picks up on the swings, the sneezing baby and what they're wearing. There is lots to get out of this story which has a lovely rhythm and rhyme.
L_ChMa, 13 July 2016
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I read this book to my daughter from a very early age. She loves the repetition and illustrations of the babies. We point to our own fingers and toes and she even gives me a kiss now on my nose at the end just like the story. Wonderful bonding time book to share :)
Massey, 22 May 2016
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This is a lovely story. We tickle Charlotte's fingers and toes and at 8 months old she gives the baby at the end three kisses.
LouiseH, 22 September 2015
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What a lovely book. I discovered it when buying a present for a one year old and decided that we neede a copy too! My 11 month old likes to look at all of the other babies and sometimes chuckles at them. Of course, it's always good when a book ends with a kiss!
mummy dragon, 14 August 2015
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This is a beautiful book! Zoe loves to say with me ten little fingers and ten little toes. She just love the book
Zoevicky, 01 July 2015
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Beautifully illustrated book that we love to revisit. It's a charming story about equality wrapped up with simple language and repetitive phrases.
NickiHogan89, 03 May 2015
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i first borrowed this book from the library to see how my son would react to it and he couldn't get enough of it!
AronJoseph2010, 09 December 2013
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Beautiful book that my 9 month old son loves as a bedtime story. Each time we come to the 'ten little fingers' and 'ten little toes' I wiggle his fingers & toes, which always gets a big smile.
OTMum, 13 November 2013
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We like this one as a bedtime story. Loved doing the actions especially at the end with the three little kisses on the end of your nose! Also great to teach baby about different cultures
Anna-matt-wills, 31 May 2013
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This is such a beautiful book, Thomas seemed to really like the babies in this book. Highly recommended.
Tomtom12, 25 April 2013
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My 2 year old loves this book to bits, she knows it word for word and tells me off for finishing to page 'cause she wants to! Brilliant book for bedtime cause it ends with a kiss. :)
Bakeey, 01 February 2013
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My daughter is just 12 weeks old and really enjoyed this book, I enjoyed the way it flowed and we ended the story with kisses on her nose.
Boodle, 07 November 2012
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These books are great for babies and toddlers at story time they can listen and copy the actions to have fun with others.
Julie, 30 July 2012
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We were given a copy of this book by a friend and my little girl really liked it. It was a good way of teaching her the names of various body parts, as well as giving me an excuse to snuggle her silly at the end! :)
littlebean, 30 June 2012
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My 20 month old loves this book, so much so she finishes the last word of each page before i do.We take the opportunty to count her own fingers & toes(& mummys!) She enjoys looking at the picture's of the children in the book and giggles when she gets a kiss on the end of her nose, like the baby in the story.
skyblueC, 19 June 2012
This is a wonderful book. The rhymes are great, as is the potential for interaction with baby with fingers and toes, and the illustrations are lovely and quite realistic. (Oddly, the baby on the front does not appear in the book (though the baby in the back does)!)