This book is called Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes and it was written by me, Mem Fox, and illustrated by the wonderful Helen Oxenbury. And this is how it goes.
There was one little baby who was born far away and another who was born on the very next day. And both of these babies, as everyone knows, had ten little fingers and ten little toes. There was one little baby who was born in a town and another who was wrapped in an eider down.
And both of these babies, as everyone knows, had ten little fingers and ten little toes. There was one little baby who was born in the hills and another who suffered from sneezes and chills. And both of these babies, as everyone knows, had ten little fingers and ten little toes
There was one little baby who was born on the ice and another in a tent who was just as nice. And both of these babies, as everyone knows, had ten little fingers and ten little toes. But then the next baby born was truly divine. A sweet little child who was mine, all mine.
And this little baby, as everyone knows, had ten little fingers and ten little toes and three little kisses on the tip of its nose.