
Some old favorites - "The Eensy, Weensy Spider," and some less familiar rhymes - "There Was a Little Turtle," are all dressed up in double-page illustrations with easy-to-follow diagrams for telling the stories with finger gestures. Counting rhymes, tickling rhymes, and rhymes to laugh with - these have charmed generations of small children, parents, teachers, and librarians. Here they are, to be shared in a lap with one child or in a group with many children, in a stunningly designed book by a popular young artist. Contents: There Was a Little Turtle—Grandma's Spectacles—Five Little Pigs—Where Is Thumbkin? — Fish Story—The Baby Mice—Five Little Mice—Two Blackbirds—Whoops! Johnny—Clap Your Hands—The Squirrel—Ten Little Candles—The Eensy, Weensy Spider—Sleepy Fingers
Author

Marc Tolon Brown is perhaps best known for his series of children's books about Arthur the aardvark, which was turned into an animated television show on PBS. Brown is a three-time Emmy Award winner, for his role on the television show inspired by his books. He lives on Martha's Vineyard and in New York City with his wife, Laurie Krasny Brown. He has three children, sons Tolon and Tucker, and daughter Eliza. The names of his two sons have been hidden in all of the Arthur books except for one: Arthur's Tooth.