Encourage your baby's early motor skills with See, Touch, Feel Tummy Time from Priddy Books.
This casebound board book features two double page fold-outs so the book can stand up and open out. It was designed this way to be used while babies are lying on their fronts, encouraging them to strengthen their back, arm, and neck muscles as part of their daily tummy time routine.
The book features a mix of black-and-white high contrast imagery, appealing photographs of happy babies, and bright colorful handprint artwork which the See Touch Feel series is best known for. The varied art style will engage and entertain babies as they get older.
There is also touch and feel textures to explore and a mirror at the end for babies to look into and enjoy.
Part of the best-selling See, Touch, Feel series which includes See, Touch, Feel; See, Touch, Feel 123; See, Touch, Feel ABC; See, Touch, Feel Colors; See, Touch, Feel Create, and See, Touch, Feel Roar.
Roger Priddy (b. 1960) is the creator of Priddy Books, which publishes books for babies and young children. Priddy Books is a division of Macmillan Publishers and books published by the imprint have won several Practical Pre-School Awards.
Premise/plot: This high-contrast oversized board book is designed to be stood up and utilized during tummy time. The pages do fold out--some. Some spreads are two pages--which still stands up fine. Some spreads are four pages.
It is wordless. The pages don't necessarily relate to one another or tell a story. Each just features a bright, bold illustration or photograph. There is a mirror on one of the pages.
My thoughts: The title suggests that there are things to touch and feel. I did NOT find this to be the case. There are few different textures or tactile experiences. Many pages are just bold illustrations. Nothing to feel or touch. Unless you like just touching any board book page. There are two different tactile experiences--a soft plush fabric on one page and a corrugated, rough texture on another.
That's not to say that your little one won't find this one engaging. Just know that there are better books that actually do offer tactile experiences or sensory experiences. Perhaps they don't all fold out, like this one.
I didn’t realize when I borrowed this book from the library that it folds out to REALLY be a tummy time entertainment piece! My baby was drawn to the textured, high-contrast illustrations and appealing photographs of other babies.