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Wild Animals
With chunky, toddler-tough, 3-D pop-ups, these adorable books feature quacking ducks, woolly sheep, furry dogs, and colorful butterflies that leap right off the page.
Wild Animals takes readers on an exciting pop-up tour of wild animals, from frogs to snakes to chimpanzees.
Wild Animals takes readers on an exciting pop-up tour of wild animals, from frogs to snakes to chimpanzees.
12 pages, Board Book
First published May 11, 1998
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November 2, 2009
quand je suis ivre, je touche les animaux....
May 23, 2018
The publishers “Dorling Kindersley” always produce beautiful books. When looking for a factual book for children, theirs will usually stand out as being head and shoulders above many of the others, in terms of crisp close-up photos, colourful art work, attractive layout and design, and presenting fascinating snippets of information. The one drawback of this can be that reading their books is rather like eating a meal of chocolate. Hugely enjoyable to start with, but ultimately indigestible. What one actually remembers from a Dorling Kindersley book is very little. Other reference books are set out in a more logical and less distracting way, and many nonfiction books now have great readability, so that the information is retained more easily.
Where they do score though, is on their seductive appeal. Few people picking up a DK book will be able to resist at least looking through, and then they are hooked. For tiny children then, this book is well-nigh perfect.
It features just five wild animals: a lion, a lizard, a dolphin, a tree frog, and a koala. Each is a double page spread, so the book is ten pages long. The pages are thick laminated board, perfect for resisting toddlers’ sticky, fingers or general rough use. It is also a good hard-wearing format: a smallish square book.
The print is minimal and extremely clear, beginning;
“Meet the wild animals”.
From then on, there are two sentences about each animal:
“I am a lion. I have got a thick hairy mane round my neck”.
In this case, the word “hairy” is printed in a larger font, and in bold type, to draw attention to it. The accompanying picture is a close-up of of a lion’s head, with one part cut out with a luxuriantly furry part of the mane inset to feel.
Turning the page reveals:
“I am a lizard. I have got rough bumpy skin”.
Two lizards are pictured right across the page, and the one in the foreground is in close-up. There is a wonderfully textured, leaf green, “reptilian” part inset behind the cutoff section of the front lizard’s neck. The word “rough” is highlighted by being in a larger font, and in bold. It is impossible to resist touching and feeling these irregular inset panels, which are larger than in most “feely” books of this type, and fill almost a quarter of the page. We are then treated to a smooth, slippery dolphin’s skin, the sticky pads on a frog’s fingers, and a fat furry koala’s body.
It’s the sort of book which leaves you wanting more. Perfect for tinies (and biggies too!)
Where they do score though, is on their seductive appeal. Few people picking up a DK book will be able to resist at least looking through, and then they are hooked. For tiny children then, this book is well-nigh perfect.
It features just five wild animals: a lion, a lizard, a dolphin, a tree frog, and a koala. Each is a double page spread, so the book is ten pages long. The pages are thick laminated board, perfect for resisting toddlers’ sticky, fingers or general rough use. It is also a good hard-wearing format: a smallish square book.
The print is minimal and extremely clear, beginning;
“Meet the wild animals”.
From then on, there are two sentences about each animal:
“I am a lion. I have got a thick hairy mane round my neck”.
In this case, the word “hairy” is printed in a larger font, and in bold type, to draw attention to it. The accompanying picture is a close-up of of a lion’s head, with one part cut out with a luxuriantly furry part of the mane inset to feel.
Turning the page reveals:
“I am a lizard. I have got rough bumpy skin”.
Two lizards are pictured right across the page, and the one in the foreground is in close-up. There is a wonderfully textured, leaf green, “reptilian” part inset behind the cutoff section of the front lizard’s neck. The word “rough” is highlighted by being in a larger font, and in bold. It is impossible to resist touching and feeling these irregular inset panels, which are larger than in most “feely” books of this type, and fill almost a quarter of the page. We are then treated to a smooth, slippery dolphin’s skin, the sticky pads on a frog’s fingers, and a fat furry koala’s body.
It’s the sort of book which leaves you wanting more. Perfect for tinies (and biggies too!)
June 28, 2015
I thought this book was great for infants, the 15 month old that I read it to really enjoyed running his fingers through the lion's mane. It wasn't until after the fact that I realized that this book would be great for students with visual impairment. Each page gives the listener something to feel, and I think this would be a good book for a child who uses their hands to tell them alot about something.
August 25, 2023
A charming book that allows the young reader to read and explore the differences of various animal skins whether amphibian, mammal or reptile.
The reading is light and simple to follow while children will be overjoyed to follow along.
The reading is light and simple to follow while children will be overjoyed to follow along.
March 19, 2013
Better quality than many books of this nature.
September 13, 2017
This talks about 5 different animals and some of their physical features. It had textured inserts on the pages to stimulate the child’s since of touch. I love these books. Little kids love them and I would put them in a one year old room in a day care.
April 18, 2021
What a great book
January 5, 2013
Anonymous, Touch and Feel: Wild Animals (Dorling Kindersley, 1998)
Like most books of this type, it's cute, and the kid enjoys it a good deal (though for some reason he can never quite remember that it's the pads on the frog picture he's supposed to touch until I show him), but it has the problem of planned obsolescence; the touch-and-feel bits are wearing pretty durned thin after fifteen years in the field (of which we've had it a little less than one). Given that it's put out by DK, replacing it isn't much of a problem; they're generally good at keeping prices below where you'd expect them to be. And this is a style of book where it'd be almost, if not entirely, impossible to overcome the planned-obsolescence angle, so I'm not going to give it points off. You want it, but if you want to keep it around, you'll be replacing it fairly regularly. ***
Like most books of this type, it's cute, and the kid enjoys it a good deal (though for some reason he can never quite remember that it's the pads on the frog picture he's supposed to touch until I show him), but it has the problem of planned obsolescence; the touch-and-feel bits are wearing pretty durned thin after fifteen years in the field (of which we've had it a little less than one). Given that it's put out by DK, replacing it isn't much of a problem; they're generally good at keeping prices below where you'd expect them to be. And this is a style of book where it'd be almost, if not entirely, impossible to overcome the planned-obsolescence angle, so I'm not going to give it points off. You want it, but if you want to keep it around, you'll be replacing it fairly regularly. ***
September 4, 2014
Genre: Engineered books
This board book has vivid pictues with favorite animals with cut outs available for young children to "feel" the animals skin or fur. Each page identifies the animal and gives one fact about the animal's covering.
Themes: Animal identification, textures
Ways to use the book: This book is a wonderful touch and feel book for young children. It is best used one-on-one so that as the reader reads aloud, the child can touch the pages of the book. My daughter oooh-ed and ahhhh-ed at this book when she was young!
This board book has vivid pictues with favorite animals with cut outs available for young children to "feel" the animals skin or fur. Each page identifies the animal and gives one fact about the animal's covering.
Themes: Animal identification, textures
Ways to use the book: This book is a wonderful touch and feel book for young children. It is best used one-on-one so that as the reader reads aloud, the child can touch the pages of the book. My daughter oooh-ed and ahhhh-ed at this book when she was young!
March 28, 2015
I introduced the story time theme with a book similar to this which pictured several animals on each page spread. I gave clues such as "one of these animals catches fish" or "which of these animals eats leaves off the tops of trees?" I ignored the text completely and simply gave clues and enjoyed the children's enthusiastic responses. Several page spreads into the book there was a wolf, which suited my purpose perfectly. I set the book aside at this point and moved along to the next story.
December 5, 2010
This is a great book for pre-k children because it gives a visual image of different animals in the wild that captures the children attention while they learn the names of different animals. I would use this book in the classroom because it gives children the opportunity to know what wild animals feel like because the book provides samples of different animals fur and skin.
February 8, 2012
This book is great for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten students! It teaches them the basics of animals while getting to feel the texture at the same time! This helps children have a better understanding of the animals and helps them learn the animals better! They stay interested and like to see the different animals.
May 29, 2008
You may touch the monkey now.
August 25, 2008
Just when I thought my 5 year old was beyond this kind of story, she surprises me. She really enjoyed the tactile experience of this story and discussing what all the animals are like.
February 10, 2009
Lion, dolphin, tree frog, koala...a variety of animals to touch and feel! But there's not a lot of substance to this book.
March 3, 2011
Babies love to explore books and touch-and-feel books are perfect in tactile sensory.
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June 25, 2011The review says it all. This is a great lap book or small group. The children want to touch and feel each tactile cut-out on each page. I wouldn't read it to more than 2 or 3 children at a time.
January 27, 2013
This book is a great idea, but the touchy-feely bits haven't really fared well over time. This may be a better book to own than to borrow from the library.
November 5, 2014
Love all the books by this author! My 17month old Loves this!!!'
February 15, 2015
Love the lizard :)
March 5, 2016
Good touch and feel book, very soft lion on the cover
January 14, 2016
This is a great book, the bright colored pages are sturdy and the touch and feel section are large enough to take my 4 month olds hand and rub the different sections.
April 11, 2016
Not quite suitable for Ghamal yet, but he loves the way I make those animal's voices.
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