My First Word Touch and Feel

by D.K. Publishing

Every parent who grew up with Pat the Bunny knows the appeal of an interactive reading experience. With their Touch and Feel books, DK Publishing takes a cue from Pat the Bunny to offer pleasing textures in a simple, educational format. My First Word Touch and Feel is a big board book with DK's signature crisp photographs of lots of everyday objects with textured "Feel the squishy bath sponge.... Touch my velvety dress.... Does this sandcastle feel rough?" The items that are not textured (lamp, sheepdog, sun hat, sandwiches, etc.) are captioned in easy-to-read text. Five double-page spreads are sorted under the following "Around the house," "At the beach," "Things to eat," "On the farm," and "What do you wear?" Toddlers will love developing their vocabularies as they learn to identify pictures (visually and through touch) and match the corresponding words. Be sure to explore DK's many other titles in their well-loved preschool learning series, from My First Body Board Book to My First Number Board Book to My First Farm Book. (Baby to preschool) --Emilie Coulter

Genres: Nonfiction, Childrens

Board book

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Dorling Kindersley (DK) is a British multinational publishing company specializing in illustrated reference books for adults and children in 62 languages. It is part of Penguin Random House, a consumer publishing company jointly owned by Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA and Pearson PLC. Bertelsmann owns 53% of the company and Pearson owns 47%.

Established in 1974, DK publishes a range of titles in genres including travel (including Eyewitness Travel Guides), arts and crafts, business, history, cooking, gaming, gardening, health and fitness, natural history, parenting, science and reference. They also publish books for children, toddlers and babies, covering such topics as history, the human body, animals and activities, as well as licensed properties such as LEGO, Disney and DeLiSo, licensor of the toy Sophie la Girafe. DK has offices in New York, London, Munich, New Delhi, Toronto and Melbourne.

Source: Wikipedia.

Reviews

[Stacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great visual book with pictures of the objects to help the child identify the object with the word. Each set of pages has 2 sensory pictures to encourage touching too (furry teddy bear, squishy sponge, dimpled orange, etc)... This has always been a favorite of the grandkids as they love looking at the pictures and feeling the different textures.

[Erin Saflarski · Rating 3 out of 5]

This fun filled early children's picture book is a board book full of objects and words through familiar textures. I enjoyed the colors and the familiar pictures throughout the pages applicable to the preschool classroom I am currently teaching in for practicum. This book would be used as a great asset to use in a preschool classroom. This book encourages children to develop vocabulary and early literacy use. This book is appropriate for ages 3-4.

[Anica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Perfect for toddlers.

[Sharlet Mullen · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a wonderful book for the little ones teaching them all kinds of new words. The pictures are very real to the objects. A must have book for children.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

These kind of picture dictionaries are always boring for me to read as an adult, but for a toddler who is still acquiring language it is full of fun things to see and learn. This one has an added bonus of including things for them to touch and feel. I wish there was some storyline to go with it.

[Shanna Gonzalez · Rating 2 out of 5]

DK vocabulary books also come in a style where some pictures have textured surfaces inset in the pages. This makes the book more enjoyable for young babies because they naturally use their tactile senses to interact with the natural world. While babies do like these books, they are oppressively dull for grownups to read and, as I discussed in My First Word Board Book, they aren't very effective in helping babies build vocabulary.