Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes by Mem Fox is a good book to read in Pre-k or Kindergarten. This book find a simple way to uncover the theme of diversity. Through out the book, it show different babies from around the world and how they all have ten toes. This would be good to help student...
This is a cute rhyming story about a babies fingers and toes. The upbeat rhythm of the story is appealing to children and makes for an easy read. Even though this is a book for toddlers, this could be used in a prek or kindergarten class room. The teacher could read the story to the students and ...
This book is about babies all over the world with different skin color and different living situations, but who all have one thing in common--ten little fingers and ten little toes.The concept of this book is adorable and admirable. I would like to see more picture books with children of all dif...
Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury team up in Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes to detail the plain truth that every baby across the world, despite their differences, all possess ten fingers and ten toes. The book seeks to reveal that even though babies and therefore people look different, we are a...
Read.... and read again... and again...My 8 month old loves this book. It's her favourite. She can't wait to turn the page to see the next animal, and looks up expectantly for each animal noise (not included with book. Practice your "gecko with rolling eyes" as I was stumped!) We've been reading ...
We've had "Hello Baby!" on loan from the library for less than a week and it's already become a go to favourite for my 15 month old son. The simple white background highlights Steve Jenkins' beautiful, bright illustrations. The inclusion of a silhouette for each animal seems to particularly pleas...
This is a fun counting book! The author encourages to reader to count the goats on the various pages. The goats are engaged in a variety of activities, like flying airplanes and throwing snowballs. This is a bit more complex than your typical counting book because the author never gives a clue as...
In this seek and find book the reader calls out “Yoo-hoo, Ladybug! Where are you?” Then after turning the page readers can look for the red with black spots that is hiding among the various scenes. Once Ladybug is found, a quick turn of the page shows a close up of where Ladybug was hiding (only ...
This book appeals to my almost three year old grandson in a way that is surprising. It was renewed twice from our local library.. The second renewal was done when Orion, our grandson, went with Grandpa to return it. There were books everywhere, but Orion wanted his grandpa to read it to him ag...
A fun book which includes Mother Goose rhymes into the story line. The babysitter recites a number of rhymes to the children as they are going to bed. Also there is a nice originial rhyming refrain between rhymes. While the cartoon style of illustration is not my favorite, I did enjoy the illu...
This book is about a lonely goblin who is fearful to interact with humans because of the way he looks. Little does he know that his acts of kindness that he means to be secretive do not go unseen. In fact a family ends up falling in love with him and welcoming him with open arms. I think this boo...
Tell Me About Your Day Todayby Mem Fox, illus. by Lauren Stringer(Beach Lane Books, 2012)This wonderful bedtime story has the main character's friends (his stuffed animals) each telling about their exciting day. It's not a rhyming picture book, but it has this lovely comforting refrain:And Greedy...