1 Smile, 10 Toes

(Board book)

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Create silly creatures and count along the way with this unique split-page book. Young readers can match heads to a variety of tails and legs to compose quirky characters. Each flap presents a new opportunity for counting and learning vocabulary words for body parts! AGES: 0 to 4 AUTHOR: Nelleke Verhoeff started her career performing shows for children, but then discovered her passion for art. She has since illustrated several books and was a finalist in the Silent Book Contest at the 2018 Bologna Children's Book Fair. Nelleke has also illustrated The Bread Pet and Whole Whale for Barefoot Books. She lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. SELLING POINTS: . Horizontally split pages allow readers to mix and match the tops and bottoms of the pages to create whimsical creatures. . Unlike typical counting books for young children, the numbers in this book do not appear in sequence, providing an additional level of challenge with counting. . From "whiskers" to "ankles" children become acquainted with a variety of words that describe body parts of the creatures they can build. . Children may choose to simply create a variety of creatures or incorporate the counting element as well. . Dutch artist Nelleke Verhoeff's distinct, contemporary style makes this book a stylish addition to any collection.

Reviews

With every turn of the bottom half of the book you get to count and recount a number of different toes, feet, scales, ankles, etc. The top is the same with different numbers of ears and wrinkles and so on and such. If a parent were to enjoy flipping through this with a kid, then the two could count together the new numbers as they present themselves . . . Brilliant! Betsy Bird, Librarian, @FuseEight
Joyful bonding moments accumulate like fruit from a gently shaken tree every time this utterly charming split-page board book is opened . . . Equally valuable is the innate connectivity of the parent-child reading experience, a satisfying peek-a-boo-like tension and release that tends to keep moms and dads happily in the moment and youngsters excitedly engaged Tillywig

Author Bio

Nelleke Verhoeff started her career performing shows for children, but then discovered her passion for art. She has since illustrated several books and was a finalist in the Silent Book Contest at the 2018 Bologna Childrens Book Fair. Nelleke has also illustrated The Bread Pet and Whole Whale for Barefoot Books. She lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands.