Tickle, Tickle

A 1001 CBYMRBYGU. This review, I caution you, will be longer than the entire book. In fact, by the time you read up to this point in the review, you have already read more words than are to be found in this book. It's a short book. Seventeen words in total. But I can imagine that one family might read this book, with its little seventeen words, ten times, fifty times, maybe even a hundred times. You just know little bambinos would love this book that much.

“Squelch, squelch, in the mud,
splish, splash, scrub-a-dub....”

How could anyone not love - nay, ADORE - these simple, playful, joyous, plump and VERY LARGE babies? Racial diversity - yes, thank you. Extremely short for extremely short attention spans - yes. Featuring such delights as mud, bathtime, combing your hair, and tickles? Wonderful. Honestly, I just love Helen Oxenbury's art.