That's not my sloth.: An Interactive, Sensory Touchy-Feely Book Featuring Animals with Tactile Patches for Babies and Toddlers

That's Not My...

by Fiona Watt, Rachel Wells (Illustrator)

Meet five adorable sloths in this exciting addition to the much-loved That’s not my... series. Babies love the best-selling That’s not my… books with their bold illustrations, patches to stroke, and a mouse to spot on every page, all designed to develop sensory and language awareness.

Genres: Childrens, Animals, Picture Books, Kids

10 pages, Board Book

Published March 5, 2024

About the author

Fiona Watt is an Editorial Director and writer at Usborne Publishing. She started working at Usborne in 1989 and has written and edited hundreds of books including baby and novelty, sticker, art and craft, cookery, science and activity books.
Fiona graduated from Exeter University with a B.Ed. (Hons.), specialising in Psychology and Art and Design. After university she worked as a researcher and writer for a company which published educational material for places where children went on school visits (zoos, museums, stately homes etc). She then taught seven, eight, and nine year olds for five years; three years at a state school in Sevenoaks in Kent, and two years at The British School in the Netherlands in The Hague.

Having joined Usborne in 1989, Fiona became an editorial director in 2003, largely responsible for writing baby and novelty books, as well as art and activity titles. She has written over 100 titles for Usborne Publishing, perhaps most notably the, ‘That’s not my ….‘ touchy-feely series.

Reviews

[R. L. Peterson · Rating 5 out of 5]

First book I read to my baby girl! At 11 days old I read this book to her while feeding. Her hands were occupied and I decided to let her feel the sensory patches with her feet. By the end of the book, she was dragging her foot across the spots on her own to feel the soft textures 💚

[Abby Shillingburg · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read this book to my son roughly 200 times, so I'm adding it to my reading challenge. Cute, durable, fun for tactile learners.

[Christine · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was one of the first books my son & I checked out for him at the library when we signed him up for the summer reading program. I was so excited to read new books in this series as we'd exhausted his 3 at home. I wonder if it's because this book was "well loved" but he didn't enjoy it as much. The rips and over touched textured areas made it hard for him to locate the touchable parts & enjoy the art because the book was definitely used. Even so, I don't know if there's much difference sloth to sloth so it's not as engaging as the other themes.

[Paul · Rating 4 out of 5]

Yet another in the series, but this time Noah likes the furry bits.

[Lara Bate · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loves the sensory books!

[Theo Crawford · Rating 5 out of 5]

10/10
Little needs to be said. There is sloth. There is materials. There is a book to rival the Bible.

[Kelly]

Maybe my favorite of this type that I've seen? Differing textures and differing parts of the body.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

A short story about finding your sloth. Touch and feel on every page and learning about body parts and textures. The pages are full and colourful. Love the interactive content.

[Linda · Rating 5 out of 5]

too cute!! a wonderful children's board book

[Nancy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Simon really enjoyed this book!

[Syddie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Okay book

[Vyv V · Rating 4 out of 5]

One mouse's quest to find her pet(?) sloth by scanning different sloths for their physical attributes. Are all sloths owned by the mouse overlords? Do the sloths count so little in this mouse-run society that they don't even get personal pronouns but are all "it"?

About half of the touchy-feely parts are good (scratchy velcro nose, furry legs, soft belly), the "smooth" parts don't differ much from the pages. The furry legs and soft belly should have been swapped, as the legs are much softer than the belly.

[Juliana Lee · Rating 3 out of 5]

Using a less common animal, this board book explores the textures associated with many animals, particularly a sloth... smooth claws, silky tongue, furry tummy etc.