Do Touch! Don't Touch!

by Ann Hodgman, Lucy Barnard (Illustrator)

A wary cat makes sure that baby stays aware from dangerous objects such as a hot stove, a plug in an outlet, and the garbage. Mixed in are safe items to touch along with a spread that shows a variety of fun objects for baby. With gentle humor, this reassuring story offers a fun introduction to safety for curious little ones. The soft padded covers, rounded corners and sturdy board pages make this title a perfect fit for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers!

Genres: Picture Books

18 pages, Board Book

First published March 1, 2012

About the author

Ann Hodgman (born 1956) is an American author of more than forty children's books as well as several cookbooks and humor books and many magazine articles.

Ann was raised in Rochester, New York and graduated from Harvard College, where she was a staff member on the Harvard Lampoon and the Harvard Advocate. She was the food columnist for the magazines Spy and Eating Well. Her essay "No Wonder They Call Me a Bitch," about taste-testing various dog foods, was included in "Best American Essays." Hodgman is also known for her three cookbooks, Beat This!, Beat That! and One Bite Won't Kill You. She is the author of the 6-book vampire series My Babysitter is a Vampire and the nonfiction memoir "The House of a Million Pets."

Hodgman is married to author David Owen, a staff writer for The New Yorker, and they have two children, Laura and John.