Tickly Prickly

by Bonny Becker, Shari Halpern (Photographer)

This bright and boldy illustrated book captures one young boy's fascination with exploring the world through the sense of touch. Children's BOMC.

Genres: Picture Books

24 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 1999

About the author

Bonny Becker is the author of a number of award-winning picture books and middle-grade novels. She lives in Seattle.

Reviews

[Heidi-Marie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book will work so well in a toddler storytime. The children can do various actions and sounds with each page--so much to choose from as I see how the group is, which is good. Another good part is that there is no winding-up ending, so I can stop the book whenever is needed. The illustrations are easy and soothing, and convey the textures the child is feeling.

4/27/10 & 4/29/10 & 5/3/10 & 5/5/10: The book went well, but not as well as I hoped. At least some parents could see where I was going with some pages and got there. Of course, that meant they and the children were long done with the actions/sounds before I'd even done the first half of my sweep. But it wasn't a total loss of a book.

[Kristie · Rating 4 out of 5]

The repetitive phrase in the book~ How did it feel?~ gives your toddler a chance to answer the question that all have to do with the sensation of touch. Lots of alliteration, rhymes, and tongue twisters~ fun for reading aloud!

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good book for building vocabulary and sound awareness.