There is so much that I enjoy about having a new little bub.  One pleasure has been bringing out some of the books that my three year old has cast aside as being too babyish.  The exquisite “Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes” by Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury is one of these.  I love that some travel bloggers, such as Globalmouse share the books they and their children read together on their blogs, so I thought it was my turn.

In the book we meet a number of different babies.  One was born far away, one in a town, another on the ice, another in a tent.  All the babies are ethno-racially different, and beautiful.  But the sameness of the babies is reiterated.  They each have ten little fingers and ten little toes.

If I think too hard about the book I am a little disappointed that there are no other babies that are also beautiful but perhaps have a physical handicap (perhaps only nine toes).  Really though, that is over-thinking.  The book’s message is clear.  We are all different but same-same.  I can not think of a more poignant message to instill in my baby as she grows.

“But the next baby born was truly divine, a sweet little child who was mine, all mine.  And this little baby, as everyone knows, has ten little fingers, ten little toes, and three little kisses on the tip of its nose.”

Little Lady Bub

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