Ten Tiny Toes
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3.0 • 1 Rating
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- $9.99
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- $9.99
Publisher Description
A tender tribute to the life that awaits each new set of ten tiny toes—featuring heart-warming collage illustrations by Marc Brown and including babies of every size, shape, and color!
Into the world came ten tiny toes,
a hundred times sweeter than one could suppose ...
There's nothing sweeter in the world than a baby's ten tiny toes. From tiny feet nuzzled and tickled in the crib to bath time, playtime, and those very first big steps, here is a wonderful way to commemorate the unforgettable moments in a young child's life.
Marc Brown's adorable collage illustrations bring Todd Tarpley's rhythmic text to life in this tender read-aloud. It is a joyous celebration of the unbreakable bond of love that guides a child through each exciting milestone and beyond.
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that babies have irresistible toes "a hundred times sweeter/ than one could suppose," as Tarpley (How About a Kiss for Me?) writes. And according to Brown's terrific cut-paper, gouache, and colored pencil illustrations, it's a sentiment that even the family dog can embrace. But toes are more than delicious and cute they're an essential player in ensuring that babies literally get a toehold in the world ("They tricked and they treated,/ those tiny toes did./ They pushed and they pedaled,/ they skated, they slid"). As Tarpley's simple, bright rhymes gently accelerate in momentum along with the progress of their subject matter ("And one day those ten/ tiny toes tried a test./ Five toes took a step/ out ahead of the rest"), Brown (Dancing Feet!) shows babies of every background moving from adorable, giggly reactiveness to calm, clear-eyed independence. The veteran illustrator's masterful juggling of color and patterning which could have turned to visual mushiness in less experienced hands brings a fresh warmth and celebratory energy to even the most familiar childhood scenes. Up to age 3.
