We have often said that we are faced with a pearl or a jewel when commenting on a book; here too we have to start saying the same thing. In fact, this work, done between the Australian writer Mem Fox and the English illustrator Helen Oxenbury, is a curiosity. A simple and profound work, a beautiful work that conveys deep ideas in its seemingly superficial message.

Fox is not so popular with us, while Oxenbury is relatively well known, although his most well-known work is Hartza that was released in 2013. However, both are references to the international children's literature, and we now have the opportunity to enjoy their work.

Ten inches and ten inches are delicious work that we can show new readers or those who still don't know how to read. The book has a repetitive structure: “On one occasion there was a baby who was born away from here. And another baby was born the next day. And those two babies, as it usually happens, had ten little fingers on their hands and ten little toes on their feet…”; in the images we can see two children, one brown and the other red, different but the same. And this game repeats three more times, showing and adding children of different races. Because every time two new children show up, there's a big, different, but equal crew (all have ten small fingers and ten small fingers).

The images, as can be seen on the surface, are clear, showing clearly what they want to reflect; and, except in isolated cases, with a white background, so that the attention of the viewer does not deviate. It is true that reflecting the eskimo or the desert children also appear an igloo or a jaima… perhaps to further reinforce the idea of the equality of children in that difference.

That's the main idea of this book. The strength of this book is in that idea and in the sweetness that the authors have achieved… in the smiles of the children protagonists and in the sweetness shown to us at the end.