Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes

When School Library Journal calls something 'a nearly perfect picture book' and the New York Times praises the collaboration, you pay attention — and Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes earns every word. Mem Fox's rhythmic, warmly inclusive text and Helen Oxenbury's luminous watercolors work together as well as any picture-book pairing of their generation. The multicultural celebration of shared humanity feels natural rather than didactic, and it holds up in repeat readings in a way that most baby books simply don't.