Ten Little Toes, Two Small Feet/Diez deditos de los pies, dos piececitos

by Kristy Dempsey, Jane Massey (Illustrator)

Count each little toe one by one in this sweet bilingual board book!

en little toes on two small feet.

Diez dedos pequeños 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!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Storytime, Bodies, Counting

26 pages, Board Book

Published March 20, 2018

About the author

Director of Creative Content

Children's Author:
ME WITH YOU (Philomel)
MINI RACER (Bloomsbury)
SURFER CHICK (Abrams)
A DANCE LIKE STARLIGHT (Philomel)
SUPERHERO INSTRUCTION MANUAL (Knopf)
TEN LITTLE FINGERS, TWO SMALL HANDS (Little Bee)
A HOP IS UP (Bloomsbury)
TEN LITTLE TOES, TWO SMALL FEET (Little Bee)
PAPA PUT A MAN ON THE MOON (Dial, 2019)

Reviews

[Chance Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

SO MANY SQUISHY BABIES in this adorable bilingual board book. English and Spanish are on the same page for easy translation.

[Danette · Rating 4 out of 5]

8/4/22 Read with Charlotte
2/23/24 Read with Charlotte
4/8/14 Read with Finnian
9/9/24 Read with Charlotte
9/30/24 Read with Skylar
12/30/24 Read with Charlotte and Finnian
6/27/25 Read with Charlotte

[Kelsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

Age: Infant-Toddler
Tune: Miss Mary Mack

Bouncing text can be read to a variety of tunes about a baby/toddler's most adorable feature: their toes! One baby per page make this perfect for reading aloud.

[Ruth Ann · Rating 3 out of 5]

Just as cute as Ten Little Fingers, Two Small Hands, but not really a counting book.
Also, not interactive unless you keep asking your storytime participants to show their feet, over and over again.

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

crisp pictures and clean text make this an any age group winner about babies and toddler counting and using their ten toes and two feet. Fun!

[Jj · Rating 4 out of 5]

A simple text with a nice rhyme scheme is here paired with large, clear illustrations to make a book that is fun to read aloud. Perfect for the baby-toddler audience and its attention span.

[Owen and Nathan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute

[Elizabeth · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable rhyming book for toddlers just learning to count. I am buying this for my niece for her daughters first birthday.

[Kelly Taylor · Rating 4 out of 5]

A sweet, simple book for ages 6-18 months. Well-written rhymes with simple vocabulary and onomatopoeia.

[Sasha_Shardee · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not to crazy about the Spanish in this book, seems like they just entered in the sentence in google translate and not really checking it

[Andy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a sweet book.

[Kylee Timmreck · Rating 3 out of 5]

5/10⭐️

[Evan Childress · Rating 3 out of 5]

Similar to her book about hands and fingers, now we move on to feet and toes! All things toddlers love. Perfect for a toddler storytime.

[Robin Rockman · Rating 3 out of 5]

I think this will work better during a summer storytime when toes are more easy accessible.

[The Literacy Advocate · Rating 5 out of 5]

A STORYTIME WINNER!

This picture book is composed of adorable text by the talented Kristy Dempsey, whose other picture books include the beautiful ME WITH YOU, and child-friendly illustrations (which even toddlers are certain to relate to) by Jane Massey. Dempsey and Massey teamed up earlier this year for the delightful TEN LITTLE FINGERS, TWO SMALL HANDS, and this new story is written in exactly the same style as their earlier collaboration. The rhyming text and whimsical narrative story frame the counting-to-ten in a creative and highly engaging way. A storytime winner for all young children!

[Katie Fitzgerald · Rating 3 out of 5]

I chose this book at the library because Little Bo Peep loves babies, and because it reminded me of Baby Parade by Rebecca O'Connell (and also because we are fans of Little Bee Books). The brightly colored pictures of babies showing their toes instantly appealed to Bo Peep, and she wanted to read it over and over again at nap time. We read the book so many times, Bo Peep now knows how to say "toes!" and point to her own feet. It's not quite as good as the O'Connell book, but it would be a lot of fun for a baby story time.

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

I cannot wait to use this during Baby & Toddler Storytime. A great rhyme scheme with toddlers doing all that toddlers do! I also appreciate the multicultural look of the children. The simple text and illustrations are great for storytime.

[kim · Rating 4 out of 5]

adorable book for my 8mo! cute pictures

[Beckie · Rating 3 out of 5]

A sweet baby book about your toes and feet. My 2 year old loves this book and it's illustrations. She loves her piggies so this was a perfect library choice.

[Allison · Rating 5 out of 5]

So cute and fun.

[Casandria · Rating 4 out of 5]

An adorable book about toddler toes!

[Jennybeast · Rating 4 out of 5]

The hands one went over well in Baby Story time, I think the feet one would, too.

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, simple repetition and rhyme.

[Caroline · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute introduction to toes and all the things you can do with your feet.