TouchThinkLearn: 123:

by Xavier Deneux

Part of the bestselling TouchThinkLearn series!

Straightforward, sensitive, and reassuring, Feelings equips children and parents alike with the vocabulary they need to talk about their many emotions.

To touch is to experience. To experience is to learn.

The popular TouchThinkLearn series, with over 1,000,000 copies sold, combines scooped-out die-cuts with raised, shaped elements, designed to offer the youngest learners an irresistible opportunity to explore their emotions, and their universe, in a hands-on, multisensory way.

Dynamic, tactile features make learning ABCs fun and engaging, and the sturdy, durable pages are a delight for curious toddlers to enjoy again and again.

UNIQUE PICTURE Engaging, simple, and straightforward, this book has one defining it's a work of art. Turn the thick pages to reveal mesmerizing artwork and inventive interactive elements. A children's board book like no other, it utilizes puzzle-like play pieces to create a complete on-and off-the-page immersive play experience.

SENSORY LEARNING FOR Sensory board books that engage little ones' hands and minds are ideal for helping babies and toddlers grasp early learning concepts. This unique book tackles the difficult topic of emotions with brilliant, multisensory aesthetics.

INTERACTIVE BOOKS TouchThinkLearn books include a range of topics, from colors, shapes, and opposites to numbers, animals, and feelings. Translating abstract thought into tangible knowledge, these groundbreaking books give early learning new dimension.

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Genres: Number, Counting, Childrens, Picture Books

40 pages, Board Book

Published October 9, 2018

About the author

Xavier Deneux studied at Beaux-Arts de Paris. He has worked as a graphic artist, creating posters and decorations for various industries, and has illustrated more than forty children's books. He lives and works in Paris, France.

Reviews

[Stephanie Bange · Rating 3 out of 5]

An imaginative counting book.

Youngsters will learn to count to ten in this hefty board book, perfect for lapsit reading. The book is set up in a pattern for each number featuring raised numbers and die-cut circles for small fingers to pick at and poke in. Text is minimal with the name of the number on the left and a phrase "# is..." on the right. With a page turn, the raised number is inside one of the die cut circles on the left and a stylized graphic of an animal is on the right with a circle for little fingers to poke and trace. The text is merely the name of the animal.

Animals are very stylized, hardly recognizable making this appropriate for very young children to explore with their fingers and hear their names being read. There are several problems on the animals: the "slug" has 2 blue dots for eyes and 2 black dots on its green body, the "duck" has 3 black dots for an eye, its body, and tail?, the caterpillar has 16 small dots (not attached) for legs(?) and four recessed circles with black dots on the body and one small golden dot for an eye(?), etc.

Most libraries will pass on this one. A nice concept, but not very useful.

Optional for Babies.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ideal for fostering imagination in little ones as they learn their numbers from one to ten, this sturdy board book functions on several levels. Not only do readers get to touch the raised numbers, one per page, but they also can move their fingers along various cut-out shape and then turn the page to see what those shapes might turn into. Thus, three dots become a duck, and six become a donkey. It's a pretty nifty experience and might help youngsters see the world a bit differently while learning those numbers. I like how books like this really stretch readers' minds while giving their eyes and fingers a workout.

[Kaz · Rating 2 out of 5]

Large colors, implied shapes that correspond with the images. My biggest complaint is the "extra" circle around the numbers on the page. The cutout on the next page has a large circle to fit around the numbers, which means that the "3" page has 4 circles and the "4" has 5, etc...

[Meg · Rating 1 out of 5]

I’m here for the textures, which are neat, but this is a very sterile children’s book. In addition, the trim size is way too large for the format, making it heavy and difficult (though potentially appealing) for little hands.

[J · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this to two groups of toddlers. One little boy out of both groups understood the imagery. The rest didn't seem to grasp it. It still kept everyone's attention for the most part.

[Dave · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very stylish illustrations, but there is no logical connection between the number of dots and the subsequent image. Many images also have additional dots, further weakening the connection.

[Mandi · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not consistent with its use of dots to reinforce numbering.

[Aarvik · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice touch and feel book about numbers.

[Lillian Slater · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book taught my toddler how to say “1,2,3!”

[Jason · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute book with finger holes but very abstract. When it said #8 was a snake, I thought "All of these could be snakes"!

[Asho · Rating 3 out of 5]

F loves books that are interactive in some way (flaps to lift, cut-outs to trace, etc.) I got her this one because she has become interested in counting and I thought she'd like the tactile element of this book. The one downside of this book is that it is HUGE. It takes up most of her library book bin and we'd never be able to take it anywhere (if we were actually going anywhere in 2020). But it is nice and sturdy and colorful. Trying to guess what animal the dots will turn into was appealing to her, and also to L, who read it with us one afternoon.

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This board book teaches counting 1-to-10.

Featuring raised numbers and cut-outs for a sensory experience, this board book uses dots to teach counting up 1-to-10.