Touch and Feel: Playtime (Touch & Feel) - Hardcover

Deschamps, Nicola

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0789474190 ISBN 13: 9780789474193

Publisher: DK Children, 2001

Synopsis

These two new titles will thrill and entertain the very young, bringing excitement to two important parts of a child's day. Packed with exciting textures, Touch & Feel: Bedtime and Touch & Feel: Playtime will encourage children to coordinate their eyes and hands in recognizing and placing familiar things: feel a pair of furry, new slippers and a shiny, smooth toothbrush; touch the bristly pigs in the play farm! Each spread features full-color photography and textures that can be touched time and time again. The clear and simple text encourages children to explore further and use their imaginations, while providing parents with talking points.

About this title

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-- Part object identification and part concept book documenting daily routines, these books offer the best of both worlds via colorful photographs. Bright colors are played against white backgrounds in well-balanced layouts that will attract young children. As babies and toddlers engage in bath, meal, and play activities, they look as though they're involved with their own agendas rather than posing, which gives the books zip. (But the children are just a little on the clean and tidy side, perhaps.) The youngsters (Asian, black, and Anglo) aren't confined by gender stereotypes; a girl plays with her train set, for example. The series' flexible structure accommodates several interesting digressions that greatly enhance the books' value and appeal: Look at Me' s exploration of body parts is interrupted by an excellent double-page spread in which a series of happy faces is followed by a series of sad faces, suggesting the vast variety within these two emotions. And in Mealtime, a whole unpeeled carrot complete with stem, leaves, and root is pictured next to carrot sticks; a whole apple and an apple half with seeds are shown next to apple slices. The books look simple, but they accomplish a lot. --Liza Bliss, formerly at Leominster Pub . Lib ., MA
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Edition details

• Publisher: DK Children
• Publication date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0789474190
• ISBN 13: 9780789474193
• Binding: Board book
• Number of pages: 12