Ten Tiny Toes

Church aims to get readers up and moving with action-driven rhymes and a fuzzyheaded toddler who, along with his teddy bear, is happy to provide a demonstration. “Touch your toes,/ bend down low./ Touch your legs,/ up you go,” writes Church as boy and bear, drawn in her characteristic cartoon style, stand facing each other, smiling as they upright themselves. “Mouth, ears,/ eyes, nose,/ arms, belly, legs,/ ten tiny toes,” reads the book’s refrain. Brightly colored, lightly speckled back-drops keep the focus on this affectionate, rosy-cheeked twosome as they take readers on an enthusiastic tour of the body’s capabilities. Ages 3–up. (Jan.)