That's Not My Dragon...

That's Not My...

by Fiona Watt, Rachel Wells

Young readers may touch various surfaces on pictures of dragons that are not the one someone is looking for, until the right picture appears. On board pages.

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Dragons, Animals, Fiction, Fantasy, Kids

10 pages, Board Book

First published January 1, 2006

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

[Baby Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

Nyaaaah! I liked the different dragon textures, and as a newborn, I found it very stimulating for Daddy Lance to read it to me while I playbied with the velcros and dragon scales. <3

[Christine Meunier · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy to read book with different textures for young ones.

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very cute addition to That's Not My... series, this time featuring friendly looking dragons. As ever there are textured pages which my son enjoys touching, especially the Velcro!

[Cathie Stumpenhaus · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun to read to my little grandson. He likes to scritch his little finger nails on all the different textures.

[Hope · Rating 3 out of 5]

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[Erin Lee · Rating 4 out of 5]

A cute introduction to tactile learning for small children.

[Lance · Rating 4 out of 5]

"That's not my dragon. It's tail is too prickly."

Another instant classic from Watt and Wells. This is a really charming companion to the cuddlier That's not my, famously our That's not my unicorn, with some challenging textures reminiscent of a tortoise's shell knobbly claws, to a dog in need of a bath fuzzy tongue. And just like a family pet, the dragons remain friendly and calming, coloured in beautiful pastel shades.
I really enjoyed reading this aloud with my beautiful husband whose Goodreads is telling me that he enjoyed it too. I especially liked the axylotyl fronds on the prickly tailed dragon - even if the little mouse character was not so impressed until he met the fabulous and very luxurious scaly-winged dragon at the end of the book. How To Train Your Dragon has made these firy reptiles child-friendly, and I am so glad that cuddly dragons are becoming popular! I'm looking forwards to seeing which of the engaging textures (using Velcro to evoke the original barbed natural material, how clever is that?) Baby J likes best.

Happy 3rd Anniversary, Baby Adam! <3

"That's my dragon! It's wings are so scaly."

[Nancy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is an excellent story for young children. This book is a board book with textures to explore and feel from page to page. The book is very appropriate for an infant or one year old, fostering beginner literacy skills. For a young child, the pages are fun to feel and manipulate. The story has early learning suspense and can be read to a child with anticipation as to what Dinosaur is the kid's. This touchy feely story is a fun, interactive story where the child can interact and show expression in response to the story. What Dragon will be the kid's, just read and find out!

[Alyce Hunt · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a book about dragons, the illustrations in this are some of the least interesting in the entire That's Not My... series. A lot of the dragons are pastel coloured and very soothing, but when I imagine dragons I normal imagine vibrant jewel tone colours so it definitely wasn't what I was expecting. The adventures of the little mouse throughout this book entertained my little one far more than any of the touch and feel sections.

[Christine · Rating 5 out of 5]

Of the set of 3 my son received, this is his favorite. I really like the art/colors of these books but this one particularly. Maybe it's the medieval theme that's working for me. I'm always impressed by what areas the author chooses to texturize and what she uses. I don't understand the mouse that is present in all the books but I like to pretend there is some deep & impressive lore that I will one day understand after having read enough in the series.

[Robyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like the descriptive vocabulary that this book introduces. Both the board book style and the touch & feel pages make this interactive for an infant or a toddler. They will have fun listening and touching each page while they practice holding the book upright and turning the pages. It is also short enough that they will not lose interest!

[Cat · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute little touch and feel story for little ones! I need to buy a copy of this!

[Beyondthebookends · Rating 4 out of 5]

A board book for your littlest dragon lover featuring colorful images, simple text and touchable spots on each page.

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[Lisa · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was really cute and a little more fun than some more regular animals. It also had a nice variety of textures and nice thick pages. Perfect for kids of nerdy parents too :-)

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Textures! Some excellent new ones here!

[Miss Sarah · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved this touch and feel dragon book about a mouse looking for his dragon. every page features a new touchable item and body part to identify that doesn't match his dragon. any age group

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Picked this up for my daughter in England. One of her favorites at age 2.

[Amber · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great little book to help your toddler/baby start exploring textures. It's a simple little read, but it has a texture on every page including the cover.

[Pennie · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter consistently loves this series, and this one did not disappoint. There were some different textures in this book, including 'knobbly, and 'scaly'.

[Shannon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of good textures for baby to feel, and good describing words.

[Kerri Cook · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the bright colours in this book and the parts to touch!

[Kristen · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the variety of textures and colors.

[Victoria Gonzalez Ikhtiari · Rating 5 out of 5]

As always we love these books. So much fun to show my baby the animals and how they feel.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Never addresses why a mouse has a dragon in the first place.

[Kelly Palmer · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don’t really “get” touchy feely books yet

[Megan · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of our favorites That's Not My books. It has a variety of textures to feel as well as many unique descriptive words to teach children.

[Elias Hoffman]

Good touchy-feely (literally) book

[Mary · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a sweet book with nice artwork and more touch and feel elements, but for some reason my son doesn't like it as well as the That's not my polar bear book.

[David Watkins · Rating 5 out of 5]

My 7 month nephew was a big fan, he did enjoy throwing it around more than anything else though

[Reve · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is silly. I liked feeling all the different textures too. I'll take all those dragons