Helen Oxenbury

A group of infants have fun together.

Some babies have fun playing before they get ready for bed.

Because his toy monkey Pippo keeps falling off the back of his bike, Tom envies Stephanie for having a big new bike with a passenger seat at the back.

A baby discovers all the things he can do.

Mommy takes Tom and his toy monkey Pippo on a shopping trip.

When they find a treasure chest in the orchard, two discontented pigs abandon their rural paradise for what they think will be the pleasures of a more luxurious life.

When a kind and hardworking duck nearly collapses from overwork, while taking care of a farm because the owner is too lazy to do so, the rest of the animals get together and chase the farmer out of town.

Relatives arriving in succession give in to their desire to squeeze and kiss and play with the baby.

Rhyming text compares babies born in different places and in different circumstances, but they all share the commonality of ten little fingers and ten little toes.