Ten Tiny Tickles

by Karen Katz

How many tickles does baby need to start the day? Cuddle and laugh with this count & read book!

Genres: Picture Books, Storytime, Childrens, Counting, Family, Fiction, Mathematics

32 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

About the author

Karen Katz has written and illustrated many books for children, including The Colors of Us, Can You Say Peace, My First Ramadan, Counting Kisses and Where is Baby's Belly Button. Long inspired by folk art from around the world, she was inspired to write her first book, Over the Moon, when she and her husband adopted their daughter from Guatemala, and she wanted to tell the story of welcoming Lena into their lives. Katz loves to paint and experiment with texture, color, collage and pattern. Besides an author and illustrator, she has been a costume designer, quilt maker, fabric artist and graphic designer. Katz and her family divide their time between New York City and Saugerties, New York.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/karenkatz

Reviews

[Ronan Crutchfield]

All the tickles made me smile and smile!

[Jennifer · Rating 3 out of 5]

Probably more appropriate with babies than toddlers, though it could be used with both, this book has no story line. Rather it counts from 1 to 10 with a little tickle somewhere on the body for baby to help them wake up and start the day. Not Katz's best work, but totally usable in story time.

[June · Rating 4 out of 5]

Maybe just a 3.5, but I enjoyed this the most of the books that came over the weekend and will try it out in my Baby/Toddler Laptime.

A baby's day starts out with lots of tickles.

[SamSamSam · Rating 5 out of 5]

PRINT MOTIVATION

[Olivia S · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book isn't anything particularly special, but might work well for a storytime for young kids, who can count and tickle along on a stuffed animal or with parents. Also deals with body parts, which is always good for kid audience participation. pictures are bright and colourful, but not my favourite.

[Carrie Griffin · Rating 2 out of 5]

For September 12th, we had a day where the kids at the daycare brought in their favorite books to read. This was one of my preschool students' favorite books.

This book really did not interest my students at all, which was telling the second I started reading it. A good book for little children but definitely not for the older ones.

[Emma Treganowan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very good for Baby Storytime. The moms were tickling their babies along with the Story. It also points out different parts of the babies body, which is always good for them and engaging to ask them to point out that part. Will be one I use often.

[Keshia Burchette · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sweet book to get the day started with baby.

[Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Perfect book for a wee one who is learning to count. Katz has a great series of books that are simple, interactive, fun, and educational.

[Kimberly · Rating 4 out of 5]

I used this one today in baby storytime; it is oh so sweet. I love Katz's baby illustrations.

[One Code 431 · Rating 3 out of 5]

Loved the artwork

[Anjana]

Not bad, but it wasn't my kind of book and it was easy. I read this to my little sister so yeah....

[Alana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Counting, learning body parts, and goofy tickle time, what could be better? My son was giggling by the end and seemed to really enjoy it!

[Claire Beth · Rating 5 out of 5]

You'll love to hear your baby giggle as he/she learns about so many ticklish spots. Get ready for smiles and squeals - coming from you and your baby.

[Maeve · Rating 3 out of 5]

A mother gives her baby gentle tickles from the top of her head to her tiny toes.

A very engaging book for baby story time that introduces the names of body parts.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute illustrations by a great baby and toddler book author. These were the kinds of books our daughter picked out over and over again as a baby and toddler from the library.

[Emily · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute, but the counting seemed forced.

[Lea Marie · Rating 5 out of 5]

My youngest and I used to read this every day. Such a cute book to make interactive fun with your little one while helping him learn to count.

[Leslie Stair · Rating 4 out of 5]

I use this book for my Baby and Me Music and Art Class

After reading the book aloud and doing our regular songs and new thematic ones I lead a process oriented art activity with babies and caregivers.

The ASL signs introduced were about families; mother, father, grandma, grandpa, and baby

Thematic songs about families were introduced

The art project was using a homemade, edible paint to allow babies to explore painting freely using hands and large brushes. I made an edible fingerpaint from cornstarch and water with a small amount of food coloring added for a pastel color. I made three colors and the paint was pretty thick (close to oobleck)so that baby could feel the texture of the paint and experience a different type of material than regular fingerpaint. Since this paint is not only non toxic but actually edible-I would let baby eat a lot but it is ok the try-caregivers can really let baby explore and play freely using any body parts or tools desired. The texture of the dried paint is really unique too-very puffy and pretty but for this project there was a lot less of the paint applied to the paper as in regular fingerpainting and a lot more of babies exploring the feel of the paint and pushing the brushes around in the cups and plates of paint. And of course many babies did taste the paint : )

[Jazzmarie Vedrine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a bright, colorful book that could lead to be an interactive, playful game with toddlers ages 2 to 3 years old. It teaches how to count to 1o, and body parts and putting words into action, like learning how to bounce, wiggle, tickle, tap, as these were some of the words of what was listed in the book. The story could be put into a song in teaching body parts, or learning how to count or just being silly and playful just tickling a toddler on exposed body parts, like hands, head, ears, toes, neck, etc.

CREATIVE EXPERIENCE:
AN INTERACTIVE BODY PART LEARNING GAME-could be done in the morning time before circle time or as part of circle time:
The toddlers can learn how to "tickle" themselves or their partner on the body parts described, as you set the story in action:

1 tickles - on a sleepy head
2 tickles - on a chunky, spunky ears
3 tickles - on a soft, pudgy chin
4 tickles - on wiggly fingers
5 tickles - on a tiny, tender tummy
6 tickles - on stretching arms
7 tapping tickles - on teeny-weeny tush
8 tickles - on back
9 tickles - on boogie-woogie legs
10 tickles - on chubby, tubby toes
Extension to that is counting each tickle, or changing "tickle" to "tapping".

[lucem · Rating 2 out of 5]

CIP: Family members awaken a baby with tickles, from one little tickle on a lovely sleepy head to ten tiny tickles on chubby, tubby toes.

Does the normal counting book stuff (# written as word, as numeral and displayed as objects). The illustrations do show baby doing normal daily activities, but seems kind of blah to me. A little rhyming like teeny-weeny, boogie-woogie and chubby-tubby. A stretch to make it a worthwhile read would be for parents to do the tickling actions on baby while reading.

Reviewed in School Library Journal (Jul 2005) and The Booklist (Jul 2005).

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This looks like a good toddler book for counting aloud in storytime. The pictures look a bit cutesy, but I guess the children won't mind.

6/22/10 & 6/24/10 The simple counting books are great with this age. They're all at different stages of knowing their numbers, so some can use their fingers, and some like the repetitiveness of the actual counting. Even the older kids who showed up liked counting along. And the young crowd seemed to enjoy all the different possible tickles, too.

1/5/18 Should be perfect for Baby storytime

[Kelsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

Ten Tiny Tickles features the story of a baby receiving ten different kinds of tickles to wake up in the morning. Each page clearly shows the number in both word form and number form. The page also features daisies that children can count with each number. The book doesn't provide a way for children to count the actual tickles that the baby receives. Instead, children count the daisies. Children will enjoy and identify with the laughing baby as the baby receives tickles from family members and pets.

[Monica Rigor · Rating 3 out of 5]

As Baby wakes up, she is greeted by ten tickles from various family members. Each family member offers a different type of tickle from Baby's head to her tiny toes. Children are taught to count to 10, and recognize body parts and family members. This book could be made interactive by having children touch the body parts that are tickled, and act out the types of tickles given to Baby (e.g., wiggly tickles, and tapping tickles). Children with disabilities can be hand-over-hand prompted to touch body parts, and can receptively identify numbers or family members by pointing to their pictures.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a counting book that goes through the day of a baby. Throughout the day, they get tickles and each time they count up. “One little tickle on a lovely, sleepy head” “Two kitty tickles on chunky, spunky ears” The book has cute illustrations of a baby and her family and friends. It is a fun book that you could read with your child and tickle them. It encourages physical touch and literacy interaction. It is also a board book with easy to turn pages.

[Kristin Fletcher-spear · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this better than 10 kisses. It felt a little less gender specific. Or maybe charlie just liked it better. He really liked the tickles up & down his back. I like how most of katz bks are participatory as well as a enjoyable read. I would like to think that most parents would think to do those sort of things with their kids but I know better.

Emma likes the tickles too!

[Mary · Rating 1 out of 5]

Maybe I’m splitting hairs here, but the concept of the book (“tickles”) is something that can’t be counted. So many it fails in the concept. Each page has the number, the number spelled out, and the number depicted in daisies, but this has nothing to do with tickles. So the text of the book doesn’t really go along with counting, except for the fact the baby has 1 head, 2 ears, and 10 toes.

[Missy Kirtley]

Maybe I'm just out of the phase where I can read these sorts of books to my toddler. I'm expecting more from books now-a-days. When baby#2 arrives, and I read this one to her, I may have a completely different opinion, but right now I want more for my toddler.

I suppose we'll have to give this one another try when baby#2 gets here, and I can start reading things to her.

[Gabriel · Rating 5 out of 5]

So we stopped in HomeGoods today after a hospital visit for Gabriel and he latched onto this book and would not let go! It was hysterical- he loves Karen Katz so... Two women were amazed at how he was holding it and leafing through it. I bought it! And G's little cousin read it to him- adorable!

[jacky · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really like some of Karen Katz's books, but this one was just okay. The phrasing was just too cutesy for me (tuby toes and spunky ears?). I did like seeing the baby interact with so many different family members. Natalie liked it though and asked to hear it often.