Toesy Toes
Toesy Toes
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Orca Books
Annotation: Explores the different sensations babies can experience with their toes.
Genre: [Health]
 
Reviews: 2
Catalog Number: #6262894
Format: Board Book
Special Formats: Board Book Board Book
Publisher: Orca Books
Copyright Date: 2018
Edition Date: 2018 Release Date: 04/10/18
Pages: 1 volume (unpaged)
ISBN: 1-459-81342-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-459-81342-7
Dewey: 612.88
LCCN: 2017949713
Dimensions: 18 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
Starred Review for Kirkus Reviews

A charming collection of 12 baby pictures with toes as the unifying principle. Pictures on the right-hand pages show a variety of unique (mostly) diaper-clad toddlers engaged in recognizable baby activities. Each left-hand page uses just five playful words to describe what's happening. Each line begins with the child's name and ends with "toes." Judging by naming convention, the pictures are evenly split between female and male. The final three photos, without names, are appropriately androgynous. The well-chosen pictures are a mix of stock photos and family snapshots. The cover picture is of a baby with light brown skin and tight brown curls. A pale-skinned tot named Gabby, naked but modestly posed, is totally focused on rinsing her feet at a spigot. Abha is brown-skinned. Aleen's lifted high by a woman in a hijab. "Oliver has piggledy-wiggledy toes" shows an older child playfully nibbling on Oliver's feet. A few pages later Izzy is obviously nursing. These babies are winsome but they are not airbrushed, making them all the more delightful. Liam has a red rash around his smiling mouth. Toddlers will easily recognize themselves, and children who have outgrown diapers will enjoy remembering what it was like when they (or their siblings) were babies. Simple, age-appropriate, and thoughtfully diverse. Exactly what we want in a board book. (Board book. 18 mos.-3)

Kirkus Reviews (Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 CDT 2024)

A charming collection of 12 baby pictures with toes as the unifying principle. Pictures on the right-hand pages show a variety of unique (mostly) diaper-clad toddlers engaged in recognizable baby activities. Each left-hand page uses just five playful words to describe what's happening. Each line begins with the child's name and ends with "toes." Judging by naming convention, the pictures are evenly split between female and male. The final three photos, without names, are appropriately androgynous. The well-chosen pictures are a mix of stock photos and family snapshots. The cover picture is of a baby with light brown skin and tight brown curls. A pale-skinned tot named Gabby, naked but modestly posed, is totally focused on rinsing her feet at a spigot. Abha is brown-skinned. Aleen's lifted high by a woman in a hijab. "Oliver has piggledy-wiggledy toes" shows an older child playfully nibbling on Oliver's feet. A few pages later Izzy is obviously nursing. These babies are winsome but they are not airbrushed, making them all the more delightful. Liam has a red rash around his smiling mouth. Toddlers will easily recognize themselves, and children who have outgrown diapers will enjoy remembering what it was like when they (or their siblings) were babies. Simple, age-appropriate, and thoughtfully diverse. Exactly what we want in a board book. (Board book. 18 mos.-3)

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Starred Review for Kirkus Reviews
Kirkus Reviews (Fri Oct 04 00:00:00 CDT 2024)
Reading Level: 1.0
Interest Level: P-K
Lexile: AD120L

Toes have long had their place in songs, where they head off to market and enjoy roast beef, but they have been overlooked and underrepresented in children's books. That's all about to change with this rhyming board book featuring piggledy-wiggledy digits in all their delightful glory. Toesy Toes head to the beach, jump around, take a bath and delight in being one of a baby's most adorable parts. Sarah Tsiang's clever couplets will have little ones reaching for this book come story time, perhaps even with their toes.


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