About this item
Count each little toe one by one in this sweet bilingual board book!Ten little toes on two small feet. Diez dedos pequeos en dos piececitos. These ten toes are ten times sweet! Son diez veces dulces estos diez deditos. Join a group of multicultural toddlers for an exciting day as their ten little toes wriggle and wiggle, splatter and pitter-patter, and wibble-wobble! After a small bump and fall, a parent comforts a child and kisses those little toes before setting the child back down. Once two feet touch the floor, ten little toes are off again! New language learners and bilingual readers will love the rhyming text paired with adorable illustrations of multicultural toddlers in this sweet story!
About the Author
Kristy is a former Preschool-12th grade librarian and current Middle School and High School/AP English teacher at The American School of Belo Horizonte in Brazil, an International Baccalaureate PYP and MYP school. She believe in the power of story to help us understand ourselves and the world around us.Kristy Dempsey is the author of 8 picture books, including Me with You, Surfer Chick and Superhero Instruction Manual, a 2017 ILA/CBC Children's Choice selection and 2017 Southern Book Prize nominee. Her titles have received starred reviews in Kirkus, Booklist, and School Library Journal, and A Dance Like Starlight was named a JLG selection, ALA Notable Book, Bank Street Best of 2015, CCBC 2015 Choice, and the winner of the 2015 Golden Kite Award for Picture Book Text. Kristy is a member of SCBWI and a speaker and teacher at writing conferences, most recently for SCBWI Carolinas and the Highlights Foundation. Since 1998, Kristy has lived in Belo Horizonte, Brazil with her husband and three children, where she works as a middle school and high school English teacher at The American School of Belo Horizonte. She is also a frequent presenter at schools nationally and internationally, where her programs inspire students' love for (and skills in!) reading and writing, as well as ideals of empathy, personal responsibility, and perseverance. Find out more about Kristy's school visits, as well as forthcoming titles, at www.kristydempsey.com.
