Customer Reviews

Textured Soft Shapes: High Tide

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I was given this book as a gift and was immediately taken in by the foam textures and colors. Upon opening the book and discovering text hidden behind the pop out sea creatures, I was thrilled. It is a great first book since the child can feel all the different sea creatures. My 4 month old loved teething on the sea horse! She learned very quickly that she could pop out the creatures and that each felt differently. Furthermore, I could wash them when she finished chewing on them or let her play with them in the bath.

In addition to being a high quality activity book, the actual text is written in riddles using a high level of vocabulary that will challenge a child for many years with words such as 'puckery' and 'skitters'.

This is a book that can easily be baby's first, but it will also challenge her for years to come.

My 11-month old baby loves this book. Finally a book that she can play with, and read without destroying it. It has: a fish, a crab, a sea horse, and a starfish. It serves as a bath toy, and is a colorful puzzle. She picks up the pieces and tries to put them back on. It is surviving her teething quite well so far... I'm buying more of that series for her and for gifts!

What fun!! My one year old loves these books! The pieces have survived teething and he loves to take the animals out and try to put them back in. They are fun in the bathtub, too! The spines do tend to come apart, but my son doesn't mind. We also own colors, shapes and farm animals! A great way to introduce your kids to books without worrying about the pages getting destroyed!

This book is not something your kid can read by himself in the tub. The pages don't stay open because of the stiff construction. The pieces need assistance from the parent to get them in their spots. The creatures are colorful and we use them as just floating creatures in the bath but we don't use the book at all. My son is 2 1/2 but i can see for younger kids that the pieces would be good to chew on. I wouldn't purchase again.

I bought this (at Costco, I recall) in anticipation of my newborn son. My son recently turned two-years-old and asked to read this (again) last night during bath time. During his infant months, the foam book survived my son's developing teeth and jaw remarkably well--although the book explicitly states it's not a teething toy, so do be careful. By one year of age, it was a favored bath book, with neat textures, words, colors, and animals to identify. By two years of age, it's an easy puzzle and apparently great fun to stick the animals to the bathroom wall tile. With an oceanographer-mom, my son is no doubt biased towards all things ocean-related, but I really do think this book would be a hit with any very young child.

My 9-month old loves to this book. He feels all the different textures and loves to pull the shapes out and chew on them.

I bought this when my son was five months old. He still loves it at 15 months! It's durable, colorful and easy for small hands to grasp. We use it at bathtime, in the car, at the beach. He loves to take the sea creatures out and put them back in. It's loads of fun and he never tires of it.

A book, puzzle and teether all in one. My daughter loves this toy. She will actually lunge from her sitting postion to get it. All the textures are neat the colors are bright, and a cute riddle to read as well.

My 17 month old son loves this book, I bought the whole textured series for him. He's had the books for several months and had not gotten bored of them. Every adult who comes to the house loves the books and goes to buy them for their own children.