- Subjects
- Genres
- Stories in rhyme
Picture books - Published
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New York :
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
[2008]
- Edition
- Big book edition
- Language
- English
- Item Description
- A Big Book.
- Physical Description
- 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 40 x 46 cm
- Awards
- Notable Book for a Global Society award winner, 2009
- ISBN
- 9781328852250
1328852253 - Main Author
- Other Authors
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!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,
Review by Publisher Summary 2A sweet and contemporary nursery rhyme about what a diverse group of babies have in common from acclaimed picture-book creators Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury. As everyone knows, nothing is sweeter than tiny baby fingers and chubby baby toes. . . . From two of the most gifted picture-book creators of our time 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 gorgeously simple picture book, now in a big book edition, is a perfect read-aloud for very young children with its rhythmic, rhyming text. Children (and the adults reading to them) will delight in the illustrations of roly-poly little ones from a variety of backgrounds—wrinkles, dimples, pudges, and all!
Review by Publisher Summary 3A sweet and contemporary nursery rhyme about what a diverse group of babies have in common from acclaimed picture-book creators Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury.