Customer Reviews

Wiggle Your Toes

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We love Karen Katz books! Our 18m old has enjoyed all of the lift-flap-books from a very early age. Plus, who can resist "Counting Kisses"?

That being said... this book is disappointing! My child has many lift-the-flap books and she's gentle with every one of them.

On the very first page, the arm "swings" to point to a nose and my child always expects it to fold open like all other flap books (it's barely hanging on now). The next page has 10 toes that "wiggle", but the flaps are so tiny they are impossible for little fingers to pry up (do we expect our toddlers to use their fingernails?). The "pull the ears" page is the most ridiculous. The mechanism makes it look like there's a flap under the baby's chin, so of course, my child lifted that flap and proceeded to tear the page by accident.

I'm definitely a proponent of children learning new motor skills, but this wasn't what I had in mind during storytime!

I love all of Karen Katz's books, but this one gave us problems. The first time we read it, the pivoting arm broke. Now we have to come up with a rivet to fit the joint. Not the most pratical book to have around babies or small children.

My 18 month old daughter loves all of the Karen Katz books so I ordered her this one as soon as it came out! She loves it! We read it every night before bed and she copies everything the book says - she wiggles her toes, covers her eyes, fluffs her hair and waves bye-bye. Great book! It's fun and interactive!

My daughter is two years old and has an abundance of Karen Katz books, all of which she loves and asks to read frequently. We recently bought "Wiggle Your Toes" and I was slightly disappointed by it, mainly because it seemed geared towards a child older than two. As is typical in Katz's books, each page has some sort of hands-on flap or tactile item; however, several of them are not as easy to manipulate as the simple flaps in many of her other books. Within the first hour of owning the book, my daughter had ripped off the movable arm on the first page, and within a week or so had also ripped the 3-D arm on the last page of the book. She hadn't been rough with the flaps in the book but it seems they are better suited for an older child who can move them more smoothly and easily. On the other hand, she still enjoys this book and asks me to read it, so I think in the eyes of a child, this book is still a good read.

My mother purchased this book for my oldest daughter who, at the time was around 18 months old. Everyone thought it was the most special book ever! My daughter absolutely loved the book... to pieces literally. At first I had blamed my DH and MIL for allowing my daughter to be too rough with it. (I had noticed immediately how careful we needed to be with it and would never leave the book on a table or the floor where she could reach it herself.) But then I realized it wasn't them or my daughter at all... the arm on the "point to your nose" fell apart first. I've tried carefully taping it tons of times, but it continues to fall off. Then the arm on the last page fell off (again, more tape!), and the last straw was when the bottom of the cover to the book fell off. (The "feet" on the baby on the cover tilt from one side to the other, making it look like the feet are wiggling... There is a piece on top of the "feet" that allows this mechanism to work... this is the piece that fell off.)
The other reviewers are also right in the fact that the page with the toes are extremely difficult for a toddler to "wiggle" back and forth and the page with the "pull the ears" is even more frustrating (for an adult!) to pull down.
I have now given up on even attempting to keep this book looking half-way decent. I now have a second daughter who is almost 16 months old... this book has been sitting on my desk for about 8 months waiting for me to figure out the best way to "fix" the parts that keep falling apart. Tonight I got out the tape, slapped it together, and figure I will give it to my 16 month old and not worry about it. She will still love it, but I just don't know how long it will last before there's nothing to this book!

My only complaint is that the item was listed as "new" however there was definate wear and one of the moveable parts had a little damage to it.

My son luved to read this book. He learned his body parts from this book.

My 22 month old daughter loves this book - it has been a favorite for a while now. She will play with it on her own, but also likes me to read it to her. The pictures are so cute! The only downside with this book is that we also had the swinging arm break off not long after we got it. Other than that, I haven't had a problem with the other pages and my daughter is able to wiggle the tiny toes, pull the ears, etc. without a problem. I would recommend this book!

I have worked my way through all the Karen Katz books with my daughter since she was born a little over a year ago. We all love the books, and my daughter delights in them.