Welcome to Litsy!

I interrupt my regular book posts because doesn‘ the world just need grand babies!? Thanks to my daughter and SIL, Sparks Arthur Meyer ‘Sparky‘ entered my world last night weighing a whopping 9.9 pounds giving me 4 grandkids under three!

I'm resistant to this concept of "we're really all the same"; it's used to belittle experiences of difference / marginalization and as this book shows, uses whiteness as a default norm. Also: if we're saying having ten fingers and toes is what all babies have in common what about babies with disabilities? There is also an Inuit kid drawn with a penguin. Penguins only live in the southern hemisphere! A poor attempt at depicting different cultures.

I find the #babies in this book absolutely adorable!
#MagicalMay @Eggs

Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes is a fun P picture book about the similarities and differences between all children. Written by Mem Fox and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, this would be a great P book to use as a S in your class! #LAE3414sp19

This is one of my favorites for babies. My 11 month old loves looking at the pictures of all the babies and has started to recognize the lyrical repetition of this book. So cute!

A sweet rhyming book showing babies all around the world that may live differently but all have “ten little fingers and ten little toes.” Can‘t locate our copy, but here‘s a screenshot. #novemberbythenumbers #day10