In My House

by Susan Hood

In My House takes baby on a journey of discovery around the house. Each page offers a simple description and colorful illustration of an everyday object, toy, or pet found in and around the home. For each new object, there is a "touch and feel" panel that features an appropriate texture -- baby can learn that a flower petal feels like smooth velvet, a sandbox like rough sandpaper, and a cuddly teddy bear soft and furry.

Developmental Skills
-- Baby will recognize the colorful objects, toys, and pets and learn their names
-- Different textures stimulate baby's sense of touch
-- Naming the objects encourages baby's first efforts at speech

14 pages, Board Book

First published February 1, 2001

About the author

Susan Hood is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Ada's Violin; Lifeboat 12; The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics; Shaking Things Up; Titan and the Wild Boars: The True Cave Rescue of the Thai Soccer Team; and We Are One: How the World Adds Up.

Susan is the recipient of an E. B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Honor, the Christopher Award, the Américas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature, the Golden Kite Award, and the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, given annually for “a distinguished work of nonfiction that serves as an inspiration to young people.”

COMING IN MARCH, 2022!
Susan's newest book is Alias Anna: A True Story of Outwitting the Nazis. Co-authored with Anna's (a.k.a. Zhanna's) son Greg Dawson, this biography in verse celebrates the life-saving power of the arts.

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very nice touch and feel book for small children. You can lift the curtain and spot the mother and baby.