Baby Touch and Feel: Farm

by Dawn Sirett, D.K. Publishing

An interactive touch and feel book for babies with animals found on a farm and read-aloud text! Tactile elements and delightful imagery will encourage the development of motor skills and early learning.

Baby Touch and Farm is an interactive and fun way to help your child learn not only words but shapes and textures too. Bold, bright pictures and colorful animal-inspired illustrations will be more than enough to keep your baby’s attention. This adorable picture book is a perfect first book for toddlers and makes for an ideal baby gift.

Read all about the animals found on a farm, such as cows and chicks, and other fascinating objects like tractors and wheat! Not too big and not too small, this sturdy, padded sensory book is just the right size for little hands to hold. No need for Mom and Dad to turn the pages! Babies and toddlers can turn the tough board book pages themselves, which helps to develop their fine motor skills while building an early language foundation. 

This charming board book for babies

- An amazing range of different textures to explore.
- Cleary labeled pictures and a simple, easy to follow design.
- Easy to read text to encourage early vocabulary building.
- A texture or eye-catching area on every page.
- Rounded edges and chunky pages, protecting babies and their growing teeth.

Learning to read should always be this fun. Kids will get hours of play from this sturdy board book for babies and toddlers, from making the noises and reading the names to feeling the different textures, like the fur of the sheepdogs and the shell of the egg. This touchy-feely book, with its strong, baby-safe jacket, makes for an ideal baby gift. Packed full of shiny objects and some bumps and grooves, this educational book will engage small children and stimulate early childhood development in different ways. 

Complete the Series

This delightful book is part of the Baby Touch and Feel range of board books for babies and toddlers from DK Books and includes titles like Baby Touch and Feel I Love You, Baby Touch and Feel Baby Animals, Baby Touch and Feel Colors and Shapes , and more for your little one to enjoy!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens, Kids, Animals

14 pages, Board Book

First published January 21, 2008

Reviews

[Amelia · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, I'm so lucky to have these touch and feel books. I'm glad my parents and grandparents give me such fun books.

[Judy · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.7

duckling, piglet, cow [calf], sheepdogs, chick, hen

and ...

sheep & lamb, both 'baa'

egg: crack!

bucket [metal]
bucket sound: slosh! slosh! -- not a good choice for the very young

tractor: brim! brim! -- not something most kids will know/see
(I don't know that sound. Is it supposed to be the raving of a motor?)

wheat: swish! swish! -- not something most kids will recognize or ever hear

Not bad, but could have been better with some other subjects.

[Emma Thompson · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book (and the touch and feel animals one in the same series) are so confusing to me. The choices for what objects to include and the sounds they make…I just don’t get it. Regardless, my kid loves touching the furry animals. (Also, why make a touch and feel book with so few things to actually feel? Over half the pages just have some glittery paper with no texture.)

Anyway, I’d give it a lower review but my son loves two pages in this so much that he’d probably give it 5 stars.

[Casey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the first book my son pointed at while I’ve been reading to him. We read as often as I can considering my work schedule and he has never appeared more interested in a book as he had this one. If I made an animal noise, he pointed at which animal it was. I’m glad I picked this one for tonight’s read.

[Casey · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not much “feel” too the book. Only a couple pages had something to feel. Also the words were not very child friendly. Could use more childlike things to show. Things they might actually see and say at a young age.

[Alicia Evans · Rating 3 out of 5]

For: farm/farm animal fans; readers looking for a touch and feel book for more interaction.

Possible red flags: not all of the pages have touch and feel that makes sense (grass is just smooth and shiny, for example).

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

This touch-and-feel board book introduces young readers to common animals and things associated with farms.

Things featured: duckling, piglet, bucket, cow, sheep, sheepdogs, tractor, wheat, lamb, chick, hen, and egg.

[Shauna Ludlow Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

My children/grandchildren and I love these sweet board books with different textures.

[Danielle Robertson Robertson · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as many feely things as I would have liked

[Dawn · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute book!

[Kelly Chester · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a cute book

[April · Rating 5 out of 5]

Such a sweet book for my new little cousin. I love the large photos and especially the touch of the fur, etc in the book. I think any curious baby would love this book.

[Cassidy Cornblatt · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute animals, but many of the textures are just flat shiny shapes instead of different textures kids can enjoy.

[Avett Huggins · Rating 3 out of 5]

The best part of these books are the size-little man likes to hold them and look through the pages.

[J.T. Kingsley · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are some things that definitely could’ve been different touching than just sparkly paper. Mid.

[Bennie Sussman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this series. Textures are excellent

[K Morlando · Rating 3 out of 5]

We loved learning about all the farm animals in this book!

[Angie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Synopsis: "Irresistible to the very young, these delightful new novelty books feature favorite animals and familiar objects, with different tactile patches to feel and explore. Perfect for little hands to explore again and again, these sturdy books encourage toddlers to make the vital connection between words and pictures. Full color."

My Review: Munchkin enjoyed this one, though not every page was a true touch and feel, some were just flashy. I liked how it wasn't just animals on the farm but also other things you might see like tractors, wheat and buckets. Not really a super unique book but some nice elements to it.

[Katie · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was one of the first books given to Devin and he liked it even when he was really young. It was his first touch-and-feel book, so he really liked it even though there were only a minimal amount of textures in this one. However, it was colorful, and shiny, and kept him interested.

[Kim · Rating 2 out of 5]

This would be better with more textures. The duck and the chick would be easy to add texture to instead of just having a glittery pond (which the duck is standing on top of, not swimming in) and a glittery flower. I would choose other touch and feel books over this one.

[Erin · Rating 2 out of 5]

My son seemed fascinated by this book and especially liked to touch the fur on the puppy dogs.

However, it's a random assortment of farm things, not enough textures to "touch and feel", and it uses 'sheepdog' instead of just 'dog' which just seems confusing to someone who's just learning words...

[Bree · Rating 2 out of 5]

Although the book was a good idea, the follow through just wasn't done throughly. Some of the items were lacking texture which was honestly very annoying. All in all not a bad idea just could have been done better!

[Lindsey · Rating 3 out of 5]

No story, just pictures of farm animals and tools. For a touch and feel book, it could use more textures.

[Felix · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love the textures!

[Angie]

As an adult, I had a difficult time finding the textures...

[Chad Olson · Rating 2 out of 5]

Jude book #221. Learning about animals, their sounds, and textures.

[Angela · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this with my 3 month old and she loved it! Lots of colors, and shiny foil colors, and textures right in the pages.

[Chels · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great for babies!!!