Bibliographic Citation:
Tarpley, Todd. Ten Tiny Toes. Illustrated by Marc Brown. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. 32 p. ISBN 978-0316129213.
Tarpley, Todd. Ten Tiny Toes. Illustrated by Marc Brown. New York, NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2012. 32 p. ISBN 978-0316129213.
Awards/Selection Lists:
None
Format Examined:
Hard cover
Annotation:
The story of the ten tiny toes of a baby that are loved, bathed, walked on, hopped on, and eventually grow into adulthood.
Personal Reaction:
This sweet book uses poetry and adorable paper-pieced illustrations to tell the story of toes that grow from baby to adulthood. This is a good read-aloud book for parents to read to young children.
Age Recommendation:
I would recommend this book for children 12 months-3 years of age.
Themes/Issues:
Babies, love of a parent, growing up
Early Literacy Skill Value:
Letter Knowledge:
Letter knowledge is not a direct focus of this book.
Narrative Skills:
Narrative skills are modeled through an adult reading the text of this book aloud.
Phonological Awareness:
Phonological awareness/sounds are modeled through the text being read aloud to children.
Print Awareness:
The text of the story is printed in a simple font and placed on the page in empty space not occupied by the illustrations. This draws the eye from the illustrations to the text on each page.
Print Motivation:
This book combines rhyming text that emphasizes the love between parent and child, with gentle collage art portraying the toes of a baby as the baby grows up. This is a good selection for parents to share with young children, and would make an enjoyable book for repeated sharing.
Vocabulary:
The vocabulary of the book focuses around all of the things that toes can do throughout a lifetime, as well as milestones along the way.
Author/ Illustrator Website:
No official website
Letter knowledge is not a direct focus of this book.
Narrative Skills:
Narrative skills are modeled through an adult reading the text of this book aloud.
Phonological Awareness:
Phonological awareness/sounds are modeled through the text being read aloud to children.
Print Awareness:
The text of the story is printed in a simple font and placed on the page in empty space not occupied by the illustrations. This draws the eye from the illustrations to the text on each page.
Print Motivation:
This book combines rhyming text that emphasizes the love between parent and child, with gentle collage art portraying the toes of a baby as the baby grows up. This is a good selection for parents to share with young children, and would make an enjoyable book for repeated sharing.
Vocabulary:
The vocabulary of the book focuses around all of the things that toes can do throughout a lifetime, as well as milestones along the way.
Author/ Illustrator Website:
No official website
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