Book Review : That's Not My Bunny!!

Touch and Feel Books are must try-out books for babies and toddlers. They respond especially well to books which feature different fabrics, textures and surfaces. These can be particularly good for stimulating the various senses. These books can help young children to collect information and explore the things through their fingers. These are perfect for discussing descriptive words like "SOFT", "BUMPY", "SHINY" etc. 

The prime age for touch and feel books is from toddler-preschool. Because these books are aimed specifically at helping children develop knowledge while increasing the use of their senses, appeal is lost to older generations who more than likely already possess the skills being taught. One of the key advantages to teaching senses and vocabulary through the use of touch and feel books is the connection a child can gain by instantly being rewarded with the texture which the word describes.

We read few Touch and Feel books from library earlier, but this is the first one we bought especially from Usborne's "That's not my....." series. 

Title : That's not my bunny

Author :  Fiona Watt, Rachel Wells

Publisher : Usborne Books

Story?

The plot is the familiar let’s try to find the correct bunny and all the bunnies in the book are rejected for some reason: too rough, too woolly, too shiny and too wrinkled. Finally, the right bunny is found whose ears are so soft.

The textures in this book are fluffy tail (soft fur), rough paws (sandpaper), woolly tail (grey woolly fur), shiny eyes (matte black with no touching texture and not even shiny), wrinkly nose (a smooth pink, no texture at all, definitely no wrinkles!), and soft ears (shorter fur).

What young children will like?

• These books are great first books for babies.
• They love to rub their fingers over the parts of bunny as you read.
• Illustrations are bright to hold kid's attention the longest.
• Repetitive text in each page

Medha liked it?

• Her favorite page is Rough Paws
• She loved the textures in each page
• She loved how mouse is looking for right bunny in each page. 
• She didn't like the Shiny eyes, she felt those are not shiny at all. Yeah, She is right. They aren't. 

My Rating

4/5