Never Touch a Porcupine Sticker Activity Book

by Make Believe Ideas, Stuart Lynch (Illustrations)

MBI's best-selling prickly pals from the Never Touch series are back in this amazing sticker activity book! Simple activities combine with the fun illustrations to create engaging activities that are perfect for little ones to complete. With card press-outs to create and over 200 big stickers to use in the book or wherever you want!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Animals, Kids, Juvenile, Own

32 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2020

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Reviews

[Michael O'Brien · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good short little book for beginning readers! My 4-year old daughter enjoyed it.

[Katie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Story is meh (I feel defiant about all these no animal touching statements 🤣) but the silicone textures are great. Technically Elika is obsessed with the cover one, the rest are tolerably interesting.

[J.T. Kingsley · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good touches, questionable rhythm scheme in some spots.

[Megan Bader · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cautionary tale!

[Melanie Dulaney · Rating 4 out of 5]

The whole “Never Touch” series of books are a must have for anyone who interacts with babies through Kindergarten. Many books claim to be tactile in nature when, in fact, the illustrations differ so slightly from the base page that the descriptor is almost a lie. Not so with this terrific series that has a boldly colored animal on the right side of every page with a large section of that creature containing a contrasting color of distinctively bumpy, swirly, and/or striated rubbery-ness. The text on the left side of the page has different fonts and colors and is just as vivid as the critter it describes. The text, however, is the reason for only 4 stars. While illustrations are 5+, the text often has choppy rhythms that are sometimes awkward to read and while there is occasionally a bit of rhyme, the authors do not seem to work very hard at finding synonyms that might actually provide that component. Regardless of their textual shortcoming, parents, grands, and caregivers should look for all of these at bookstores, big box stores and Book Fairs at schools everywhere!

[Debbie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the perfect sturdy board book for little ones. The colorful pages, interesting text, and of course ability to feel the texture on each page make this a book that’s sure to find its way into your favorite books.

Even though most kids won’t be old enough to read this book, the text is eye-catching. The font and colors continually change. And in my opinion, if you’re attempting to teach recognition of various words, this makes it easier to do.

The left side of the spread contains a very short rhyming verse, while the right is of the animal.
I don’t think it will take too long before toddlers are recognizing certain words and asking you to read this book over and over.

What Concerned Me
Nothing at all.

What I Liked Most
The silicone textures provided for touching and various colors and designs feel perfect for this type of book. Each page is designed to delight and capture interest.

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[Mavis’s Dad · Rating 2 out of 5]

For the first three animals in this “Look but don’t touch” touch book, I thought I’d be celebrating a 3-star review. Alas, once the story talked about a tea party in the forest, I was left shaking my head.

Moral: It continues to be don’t touch animals as it encourages kids to touch them.

Length: Shockingly short yet again, especially for $10.99

Favorite Line: “You must never touch a squirrel. It’s a nutty thing to do.”

Overall impression: I pulled this one out of our Little Library, so it’s clear I’m not the only baby daddy who find these books silly and no fun. It starts with promise because the squirrel and owl pages are actually funny. But the tired cash grab turns to a Pepe Le Pew rip off before abandoning all cleverness with the ghastly tea party finale featuring insects and a fox that are not “prickly” at all. Low expectations abound for the next in the series, Never Touch A Hot Stove, as it will assuredly end with a toaster enjoying a bath tub.

[Lacy | literary_lacy · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is such a cute interactive book. There are rubber touchy-feely parts on each page. These parts usually represent an animal tail, or the porcupine body.

My daughter loves this book, and thought it was funny. She had so much fun feeling each page as I was reading it.

The illustrations are colorful, and pretty. My daughter loves colorful pictures, and books with animals. This was a great Easter present.

[Janin · Rating 4 out of 5]

So 1. This is the second time Mr. Dillon Michael White has made a recommendation that resulted in me making a purchase.

2. 8/10 recommend this book. (The fox and the skunk should both have faux fur.) But that porcupine!! 100% worth the $6 cost of the book!

"I can see bringing this book into work and getting into trouble!"

My Beloved laughed, "Because you can't stop petting your porcupine?"

"Yes! Because I can't stop petting my porcupine!" 🤣🤣🤣

[Arielle]

These aren’t exactly great literature but my baby loves them. He read the dinosaur one so much it fell apart. The porcupine/forest creatures version has cuter illustrations but slightly weaker rhymes.

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bit of a contradictory message in this book. “Never touch a porcupine” and there’s a porcupine picture to touch. However there is a really stellar, if incongruous, ending involving tea. Hence the 4 star rating.

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

We may have been the very first family to borrow this from the library, because all the pages were incredibly clean...and I can imagine the cover getting grimey quickly in a library setting.

M loves touching all the pages.

[Lil Old Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

My ten month old loves these series of books. The colors are bright, and the book has touchable parts on each page that she enjoys feeling and keeps her interest. The story is cute too.

[Ellon · Rating 4 out of 5]

Super cute board book with rubber panels to touch

[Miss Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A tactile touch and feel book about aminals that live in the forest and the reasons you shouldn't touch them. Baby and up

[Megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice textures. Like the animals featured.

[Madilynn · Rating 5 out of 5]

This super cute touch and feel book is great for those with young kiddos. The book has a touch and feel on each page, as well as fun colors and fonts throughout.

[Hannah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Why mustn't you touch a porcupine? Find out in this delightful touch-and-feel book!

[Aisha Mitchell · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a cute book, but the variety of fonts could present a challenge for young readers.

[Little Seesaw · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a perfect little board book with lots to touch and feel.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

Touch but don’t touch?? Maybe read the last page first. :)

[Freddie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Four months old - Freddie loves the texture on the front cover so much that he doesn’t really care about the rest of the book.

[Sarah · Rating 5 out of 5]

Very tactile, good rhyming scheme and rhythm!

[Salamanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

The kid loves it.

[Daniel · Rating 2 out of 5]

Mixed signals.

[Kait Tucker · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loves the touch and feel silicone pieces

[Haley Kilgour · Rating 3 out of 5]

The tactile aspect of this book makes it really fun to read to kids about a year old.

[Russell Howcroft · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun, texture book

[Heather Rondeau · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter loves this book - great short read with different textures.

[Lucas · Rating 5 out of 5]

“I wish I could live in this book. My favorite animal was the fox.” - Luke