Ten Tiny Toes

From the illustrator who brought you I Love You Through and Through and Good Night, I Love You comes the most joyful, most wiggly, most giggle-filled celebration of little bodies and big love. Ten Tiny Toes by Caroline Jayne Church is a warm, rhyming twist on the beloved classic Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes — a board book that takes every tiny body part from ears that wiggle to bellies that giggle and wraps them all up in the sweetest, most love-filled conclusion: "mouth, ears, eyes, nose, and a love that grows and grows." Church’s signature adorable toddler art and lovely, lilting rhymes make every page a delight to read aloud, a delight to hear, and a delight to return to again and again from the very first wiggle to the very last growing love.

Book Details

• Title | Ten Tiny Toes
• Author & Illustrator | Caroline Jayne Church
• Publisher | Cartwheel Books / Scholastic
• Publication Date | January 7, 2014
• Theme | A joyful, rhyming celebration of little bodies and the love that grows and grows — a loving twist on Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes
• Art Style | Caroline Jayne Church’s signature adorable toddler illustrations — warm, sweet, and immediately recognizable to fans of her bestselling books
• Perfect Read-Aloud | Lilting rhymes and interactive body-celebration text make this the ideal lap-time, storytime, and bedtime read for babies and toddlers
• Age Range | Perfect for babies and toddlers — the ideal first book for little ones who love to wiggle, giggle, and be celebrated

Why Kids Love It

• The body-celebration rhyme format is one of the most universally beloved structures in early childhood literature for good reason — it invites babies and toddlers to look at their own hands, wiggle their own ears, and giggle at their own bellies in the kind of joyful, self-aware, interactive engagement that makes reading feel like play and makes every read-aloud session a shared moment of laughter, recognition, and pure delight that both child and caregiver will want to repeat as many times as the little one asks for it
• Caroline Jayne Church’s signature toddler art is the visual magic that makes Ten Tiny Toes as beautiful to look at as it is wonderful to read — the same warm, round-cheeked, sweetly expressive illustration style that made I Love You Through and Through a perennial bestseller and a nursery staple, applied here to a wiggling, giggling cast of little ones whose faces and bodies radiate the kind of genuine, contagious joy that makes parents fall in love with a book the moment they open it and children demand it again the moment it closes
• The ending — "mouth, ears, eyes, nose, and a love that grows and grows" — is the emotional payoff that elevates Ten Tiny Toes from a simple body-parts rhyme into a genuinely touching celebration of how much every tiny piece of a child is loved, giving caregivers the perfect words to say and the perfect moment to lean in for a hug that makes the message feel as real and as warm as the book itself

Perfect For

• Babies and toddlers who love to wiggle, giggle, and be celebrated from the tops of their heads to their ten tiny toes — a Cartwheel Books board book by Caroline Jayne Church with adorable toddler illustrations, a joyful body-celebration rhyme, and a love-that-grows-and-grows ending that makes every read-aloud feel like the best part of the day
• A perfect baby shower gift, newborn gift, first birthday gift, and nursery essential for new parents and families who love Caroline Jayne Church’s art — the ideal companion to I Love You Through and Through and Good Night, I Love You for building a beautiful, love-filled Church collection from the very first shelf
• Wiggling, giggling, pointing, and growing a love that grows and grows — ear by belly, wiggle by giggle — the most joyfully body-celebrating, most Caroline-Jayne-Church-adorable, most love-that-grows read-aloud in the boutique