Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb...

I feel this is an incredible children's book.
The illustrations are fun and a sure bet to keep your child's attention!

My smart little grandson, Tully, seems to already know the book...

Hand... 

Hand...
(July 28, 2011)

Fingers...
(July 28, 2011)

Thumb!
(August 8, 2011)

Dum ditty dum ditty, dum dum dum!  Rings on fingers, rings on thumb, drum drum drum drum drum drum drum!"  The story obviously goes on... but after 29 years I can still almost recite it from memory.

I think every child ends up with their favorite story book and this one just happened to be Ashley's favorite.  She literally wore the spine of the hardback book out.  I cannot count the number of times we read that book and sometimes it was over and over in one sitting!  And if Tully has given us any sign... it may be one of his favorite books too!

He really does not seem to be picky on what part of his hand or which fingers go in his mouth, and certainly he knows where that thumb goes!  I remember Ashley sucked her thumb right after birth and no, we didn't have any major teeth damage or shifting; and yes, she did out grow it... so we'll think positive for Tully too!

Here is one link to the hardcover book on Amazon if you are interested:  Hands, Hand, Fingers, Thumb.   It is not expensive and it is a book easily memorized and children lean to read it themselves quickly.

Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb is a great, rhythmic poem about monkeys playing drums, with an infectious refrain:  "Dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum."  It opens with one monkey drumming on his drum with one thumb, and progresses until "millions of monkeys" are drumming on drums (dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum).

It is not just the refrain that makes this book so great... it is the monkeys illustrated by Eric Gurney.  Each monkey bears an expression of such incredible mischief.

Here is another page...

There is a pocket-size edition with hardboard pages that would be great for road trips, but the original (full version) edition has more cool pages.

Happy reading with your children and grandchildren!