Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes.

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mem Fox and Helen Oxenbury

PUBLISHER: HMH Books for Young Readers; Brdbk edition  PUBLICATION DATE: August 23, 2010  

GENRE: Nonfictional Informational READING LEVEL:  3 and up

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes is a story about babies who are born and they all have ten little fingers and ten little toes.  

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students will learn to identify their body parts (i.e.: Hands, fingers, toes, eyes, ears, head, nose, etc…)

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Briana Henderson Valdosta State University, Section A

Hello Baby

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mem Fox/Steve Jenkins
PUBLISHER: Beach Lane Books              

 PUBLICATION DATE: May 5, 2009 

GENRE: Fiction        READING LEVEL: PreK-K  
BRIEF OVERVIEW: After meeting a bunch of baby animals, the baby in the audience discovers the greatest treasure....themselves.
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Play the sounds that the animals make as you get to each animal in the story. Say a name of one of the animals in the story and let them tell you the sound they make. 
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Kara Norris, Valdosta State University

And Tango Makes Three

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Justin Richardson & Peter Parnell/ Henry Cole

PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers

PUBLICATION DATE: 2005

GENRE: Informational Picture Book READING LEVEL: Ages 5-7

BRIEF OVERVIEW: Based on a true story of two male penguins in Central Park Zoo build a nest and raise a baby named Tango.

INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Students match pictures of baby animals with their parents. (science)

REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Chris Poppell

"Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes"

AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Mem Fox/Helen Oxenbury

PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Co. 
PUBLICATION DATE: 2008
GENRE: Nonfiction/Informational Picture Book      READING LEVEL: Kindergarten
BRIEF OVERVIEW: This book is about sweet baby toes and sweet baby fingers and has a rhyming scheme throughout it. 
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: Trace students hands and have them find rhyming words to go in each finger. 
REVIEWER"S NAME & AFFILIATION: Megan Powell, Valdosta State University

The Boss Baby

TITLE:  The Boss Baby
AUTHOR/ILLUSTRATOR: Marla Frazee
PUBLISHER: Beach Lane Books PUBLICATION DATE:  2010
AWARDS: Starred reviews in Kirkus, School Library Journal, and Publishers Weekly; A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Picture Book of the Year 2010; A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year 2010; A San Francisco Chronicle Best Holiday Book; Indie Bestseller List; A Book Page's Best Children's Book of 2010; An Iowa Goldfinch Award Winner.
GENRE: Children's Literature READING LEVEL:  3-8 years
BRIEF OVERVIEW: “Boss Baby” is a story of a baby who declares himself boss as soon as he arrives. The story goes on to tell about the babies life, but in a different perspective than a baby. The story is told like the baby is the adult, and the adults are second to the children.  
INTEGRATED ACTIVITY: An interesting take on showing children perspectives, this book could be used to show children that they way they think is not always the right way or the way everyone else thinks. Ask them if they have ever felt like the boss, and soon realized that they weren’t. How did they feel? Ask the children how each character in the story must feel since the baby is in charge. Is this how it is in real life? Who is actually in charge? 
REVIEWER’S NAME & AFFILIATION: Patricia Price - VSU Teacher Candidate - LITR 3110 A