Customer Reviews

That's Not My Dinosaur (Usborne Touchy Feely)

5 star:		(20)
4 star:		(6)
3 star:		(1)
2 star:		(1)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

My kids-age 3 and 1, LOVE this book. It features a different dinosaur on every page, with the refrain, "That's not my dinosaur, his..."horns are too rough",then on the next page it will be "flippers are too slippery," etc., all with the appropriately textured body part. Then on the last page you finally find "my" dinosaur. What makes this better than the standard touch and feel books out there is 1) Durability. The binding is plastic and the pages are super strong cardboard--my other board books are disintegrating but not this one 2)Variety of textures--much better than my "Touch and Feel Baby Animals," or "Wild Animals." 3)Adjectives--while babies and young toddlers can chew on it and touch the textures, older toddlers love learning the adjectives that go along: rough, scratchy, shiny, slippery, soft, etc." 4)Theme: toddlers love having the wrong dinosaur, and finding the right one at the end. (Trust me)The reason I gave 4 not 5 stars is dinosaurs are not the most exciting thing--I'm on-line today buying a baby gift and I'm going to get "That's not my Puppy," or "Kitten" or "Lion."

This was the first book I could read to my son. It is short, which is good for the limited attention span of the 3-4 month old, is so cute, and has interesting, bright simple pictures. He likes grabbing at the pages, too.

This is my 15 month old son's second book in the 'That's not my...' series. He absolutely loves looking through these books by himself, or having my husband or I read them to him, while he flips the pages for us. This book doesn't seem to have as much for illustrations as the That's Not My Monster (Touchy-Feely Board Books) book. All the dinosaurs except for one are on solid colored pages with no decorative background. But, I still think it is a nice little book and he enjoys touching all the dinosaurs.

The following dinosaurs are in this book:
- a tail that is too fuzzy
- teeth that are too bumpy
- flippers that are too slippery
- horns that are too rough (my son's favorite)
- spines that are so soft

The touch material is a decent size, each material is different and not repeated on any other dinosaur either. Between the two books that he does have (this one and That's Not My Monster), I only saw one exact repeat of material (fuzzy), but it was a different color in each book.

My 15 month old loves this book, I've memorized every page since he wants us to read it to him every night it seems. He loves the pictures and likes the textures on every page.

My kiddo is 3 now and has had this book for over a year now. She loves it ans will read it to us over and over. She loves the touch and feel and we play find the mouse game as there is a small white mouse on each page too! Great books also have this is not my dog.

My one year old absolutely loves this book. The pictures are all different and the touchy-feely patches are interesting. The only part I'm dissapointed with is that the binding broke almost right after we got it. My other Usborne books have never done that.

As a mother and a teacher, I absolutely adore the Usborne touchy-feely books! This was the first touchy-feely book that I was introduced to. I love the bright colors, catchy story-line, and the "touchy-feely" pages are great for children's sensory development! I want every book in the collection. I would recommend this as a gift for your own child or as a gift for a baby shower!

Love these books. A variety of textures and adjectives. My son loves them. Not too many words on a page and good repetition.

I've checked out every single one of the books in this series from the library. I wanted to buy a few of these books, but there's so many repeat textures, I wanted some with good variety. I ended up buying this one and 2 others (That's not my Penguin and That's not my Tractor). There are a few repeats, but I don't really mind. I also almost bought That's not my Monkey.
That's not my Dinosaur has these textures: body too squashy, tail too fuzzy, teeth too bumpy, flippers too slippery, horns too rough, spines so soft. I really like the pictures of the dinosaurs too...they're all pretty different from each other.
These books are super cute and very thick and durable. I've also looked at the touch and feel books by D.K. publishing (Farm, Wild Animals, Baby Animals) and they are definitely not as sturdy as these books. And I love the drawings and the that's not my... concept better too. Great books!!

We have been reading this story (and its "Thats not my.." counterparts) to my daughter since she was like 2 months old. She is not 13 months and LOVES them still. This is actually her favorite one... she will go to the bookshelf and actually pull this one out. The graphics hold her attention and the pages are just the right thickness for her to turn by herself. Shes not a huge fan of the textures, but thats just her haha. I buy these books for all my friends who are having babies. :)