The Horn Book Guide

PRESCHOOL

Davis, David

Ten Texas Babies

32 pp. | Pelican | March, 2014 | Trade ISBN 978-1-4556-1874-3 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-4556-1875-0

(4) PS Illustrated by Shelley Ann Jackson & Jeff Crosby. Count down from ten babies and back up again as the little cowpokes experience all things Texan: pecans, horned frogs, a longhorn bull, the Alamo, and on. The regional humor and vernacular make it no surprise Davis is a fifth-generation Texan. While the rhymes' cadence falters sometimes, they're generally upbeat and pleasing, and the chubby-cheeked tykes in the humorous, sandy-hued illustrations are irresistible.

Reviewer: Luther B. Clegg