Baby Animals

by Jennifer Quasha

What does a baby elephant's skin feel like? This touch and feel novelty book for the very young allows the child to explore the different textures of the cutest baby animals. One of a series of Touch and Feel books, Baby Animals features full-colour photographs of a range of animals accompanied by tactile patches to encourage the child to feel explore and touch all their different textures. Tough and sturdy for little hands to hold the simple text and bright pictures make the books ideal for a parent and child to share.

Genres: Childrens, Animals, Picture Books, Nonfiction

12 pages, Board book

First published August 1, 1999

Reviews

[Marmee Zen · Rating 3 out of 5]

My aged 2.5 child and my aged 9.5 month child both enjoy this book. It only features five different animals but most of them have such different textures that the differences are clear with such a small selection. The toddler is still drawn to it occasionally because the textures pieces feel so interesting.

[Dolly · Rating 3 out of 5]

One of the first books we got for our girls and it's been read dozens of times. They still haven't outgrown it completely at the ages of 3 and 5! I'm pretty impressed by how well the book has lasted throughout the years.

[Jennie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is my son's favorite book currently (he's 10 months old). We bought it because I remember my niece having it maybe 7 years ago. It has a baby bunny, duckling, elephant, calf, and gorilla to pet. It keeps my son quiet during church.

[Dawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

From almost day one the boys have loved to touch the animals in this book.

[Brett · Rating 3 out of 5]

I wasn't super psyched when the bebe handed me this to read to her as we have a few books like this and there's only so many different kind of surfaces animals have before it gets redundant. I warmed up to this one however with the photographic approach of well-lit, crisp images on a stark white background. Pretty nice design for a less ambitious volume.

[Dave · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute book. I think it might actually be the first (new) book that was even gifted to Jack. Nice memories reading to both kids. 8/10

[Mikayla Stringfellow · Rating 4 out of 5]

My toddlers loved being able to see the animals up close and personal. This book captured the attention of every child in my class and left them intrigued and wanting more.

[The Campbell Family · Rating 3 out of 5]

They love the touch and feel!

[Gavin · Rating 4 out of 5]

No plot to this one whatsoever. It's made for the very little ones, who aren't likely to understand the words, much less the complexity of an actual plot. Each page introduces a new animal, along with a line of text encouraging the youngster to "touch and feel" the textured surface. We've been reading this book to Gavin since before he turned one, and while he hasn't shown much interest in it lately, he seemed to enjoy this book when he was younger. My only complaint is that I wish there were more variety to the textures. Most of them are variations on "furry," and only the baby elephant, with its leathery ears, seemed truly unique. Even so, there were subtle differences in the nature of the "furs", and I suppose there's something to be said for introducing young children to the nuances in life.

[Evelyn Matias · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is great for beginning to learn about baby animals. All children begin to learn well before they are in the classroom and this is a step in the right direction. Children also learn to understand different things/objects from textiles and since you can feel the animals on this book it helps them to associate what a bunny feels like or a puppy, or a monkey. They are able to see it and feel it using there senses and understanding what the word means.

[Findlay Pennekamp · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of these baby animals are very cute and soft. Some of the tactile experiences aren't that different from the cardboard book. Like the elephant ear. It doesn't feel different than the page. I'm just saying...

But... the baby animals are cute. And I like that.

[Kimbely Fletcher · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great touch and feel book. This book not only teaches about baby animals, but also allows them too feel different textures.

[Elke Ursin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute! Ady especially loved the monkey. :)

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute

[K.c. Buell · Rating 3 out of 5]

A lot of the textures felt exactly the same. Kind of boring.

[Maria Morrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not badly written with choice being given and - of course - various textures being given for infantile discernment.

[Blakely Pierson · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favorite is the fox cub.