Playtime (Touch & Feel) [Board book]

Nicola Deschamps (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 28, 2001 | Age Level: 1 and up | Series: Touch & Feel

These two new titles will thrill and entertain the very young, bringing excitement to two important parts of a child's day. Packed with exciting textures, Touch & Feel: Bedtime and Touch & Feel: Playtime will encourage children to coordinate their eyes and hands in recognizing and placing familiar things: feel a pair of furry, new slippers and a shiny, smooth toothbrush; touch the bristly pigs in the play farm! Each spread features full-color photography and textures that can be touched time and time again. The clear and simple text encourages children to explore further and use their imaginations, while providing parents with talking points.

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-- Part object identification and part concept book documenting daily routines, these books offer the best of both worlds via colorful photographs. Bright colors are played against white backgrounds in well-balanced layouts that will attract young children. As babies and toddlers engage in bath, meal, and play activities, they look as though they're involved with their own agendas rather than posing, which gives the books zip. (But the children are just a little on the clean and tidy side, perhaps.) The youngsters (Asian, black, and Anglo) aren't confined by gender stereotypes; a girl plays with her train set, for example. The series' flexible structure accommodates several interesting digressions that greatly enhance the books' value and appeal: Look at Me' s exploration of body parts is interrupted by an excellent double-page spread in which a series of happy faces is followed by a series of sad faces, suggesting the vast variety within these two emotions. And in Mealtime, a whole unpeeled carrot complete with stem, leaves, and root is pictured next to carrot sticks; a whole apple and an apple half with seeds are shown next to apple slices. The books look simple, but they accomplish a lot. --Liza Bliss, formerly at Leominster Pub . Lib ., MA
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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 1 and up
  
• Board book: 12 pages
• Publisher: DK Preschool (March 28, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789474190
• ISBN-13: 978-0789474193
• Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 6.1 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,792 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars Playtime book, February 9, 2012

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Gabriel Family - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Playtime (Touch & Feel) (Board book)

to be fair we bought this book only after seeing it in person. we went to a play group and Marylou zeroed in on this book right away. she loved the sticky paint that was no longer very sticky and i just new we had to add it to our collection at home. i love finding books for Marylou that she will enjoy. Marylou was 17 months old at the time it arrived and we haven't had the book for very long.

the book came brand new and the paint was super sticky to the point it keeps the pages from coming apart without help from mommy or daddy. this is a bummer as its her favorite page and is easily skipped over. i do hope very soon that wears off a little so she can open to that page on her own.

the sticky paints have different colors which is a huge plus. Marylou will point to each color and i will tell her the color. the elephant page has some small stuffed animals of different kinds and she will point to those and i will say its name and if she points a second time i will tell her (for example) "the lion says roar" but i roar in a cutesy non scary way and tickle her so the animals in her book aren't scary. She really likes the green dinosaur scaly skin & the scratchy pink tutu too :)

i can see this book helping to teach her textures, colors, and animals allowing it to grow with her. plus the words on it will help turn it into a story when she's paying attention long enough to stories. :)

5.0 out of 5 stars Adorable book, January 12, 2012

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Benny - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Pop-Up Peekaboo: Playtime (Board book)

My 11 month old Grandson loves the DK Pop-Up books. They are colorful and the pop-ups are very sturdy. He has the DK Peekaboo Farm and Peekaboo Playtime books. (With the third DK pop-up book on pre-order for March) These are his favorite books.. He wants to read them over and over and over again. He smiles and laughs at the turn of each page, and eagerly reaches to pull down the pop-ups himself. I highly reccomend them!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Treasure Hunt Playtime is a treasure, January 10, 2001

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Carl P. (Oceanside, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Playtime (Treasure Hunt) (Board book)

My grandson, age 3, searches our children's library stacks for this every time he goes there. He loves it and I believe it is the forerunner of children's ability to read.