Touch and Feel: 1,2,3

by D.K. Publishing

These best-selling novelty books feature toddler's favorite animals and objects with different tactile patches to touch and explore.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

Board Book

First published March 1, 1997

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[TJE · Rating 3 out of 5]

Liked a few pictures and read through by self once

[Antionea · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had no characters just objects and numbers from 1 through 10. With each number there was just as many objects to describe the objects texture. For example "10 slippery snakes" what appeared was 10 snakes and on the snakes were smooth slippery texture for the children to touch.
Each texture of the objects were very realistic this was a good ides for children and babies to learn new textures and also new words such as rough, slippery, and smooth.
The point of the book was to help children who are learning to count numbers and learn new words using different textures, and it can be fun for babies to touch textures that they are unfamiliar with its so adorable to see their reactions.
The literary of this book was very clear big simple words for the babies to catch on to pronouncing and eventually learning to spell.
I chosen five stars for this book because my daughter absolute enjoyed the different textures

[Beckett · Rating 3 out of 5]

This counting book goes from 1-10 using photographs and interesting textures. What catches me up is that there is no theme to the objects counted, yet fish, sandcastles, starfish and seashells are all featured, why not just have all the items be about the sea and have a consistent theme?

Also the item for 10 is "ten sticky cherries" but it's cherry pies that are featured, not cherries, and in any case that isn't something a child is usually able to easily recognize. In addition the "sticky" factor fades, wheras all of the other textures endure. They could have done better.

[Kaethe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Both of the Offspring loved this as babies, loved all the vibrant colors. As an adult I suppose all you can ask of a board book is that it doesn't make you crazy until the umpteenth time you read it on a given day. Geek that I am, I like the DK style, with lots of white space and graphics that really pop. The hooked me when the Possum was a baby, so that I'd seek out lots of non-fiction titles ever after.

[Maura · Rating 3 out of 5]

The book we had was Touch and Feel ABC & 123, but I can't find it listed

The kids really enjoyed this. Punk was very proud about showing Bug how to touch the different textured parts of the book.

[Holly Letson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A cute kids' book that teaches children their 1-2-3's while letting them feel the things that they are counting.

[Dmills]

Once again I really like the books that have things for the students to touch just because I feel like it can help them stay engaged.