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The "Never Touch a" book series by Rosie Greening and Stuart Lynch is so much fun. There are 32 books in the line-up, and these ones are among our favorites.
These touch-and-feel books are vibrant and whimsical. The front cover of each story incorporates soft, silicone patterns into the design, making them eye-catching and enticing to grab at and play with, so they get picked up and investigated often.
Never Touch a Dragon! features five feisty dragons and encourages readers to avoid them with silly tactics should they encounter any of them in their travels.
Never Touch a Dragon!
This is Never Touch a Dragon! by Rosie Greening and Stuart Lynch. This silly, vibrant board book gives readers a great sensory experience.
These books keep our twins entertained with their exuberantly colorful pages and mesmerizing, tactile textures. They love exploring the different patterns on each page, and the size and weight of the books make for easy handling by little hands.
The thick board pages are durable and easy to flip, and the sensory experience encourages your babies to continue developing their fine motor skills as they explore and work their way through the story.
The 10-page publications are quick enough to read through before your babies or toddlers lose interest but are exciting enough that they don't get bored when you get to the last page and then they immediately want you to go back and start reading it again from the beginning.
Never Touch a Dinosaur! features four different dinosaurs with varying silicone patterns and colors worked into the design and artwork of each page.
Never Touch a Dinosaur!
This is Never Touch a Dinosaur! by Rosie Greening and Stuart Lynch. It's such a fun, bright board book that offers a great sensory experience for your little ones.
The lines in each tale have a steady, flowing rhythm and the concepts allow you to reconnect with your inner child as you read to your own children, being silly and having fun as you work your way through the pages.
The text, itself, has been turned into a work of art, featuring fanciful fonts with varying weights and a palette of energetic colors that packs a playful punch to the senses. The array of elements work together to engage your babies' interest while you regale them with the rhyming story.
We have a blast while reading any of the "Never Touch a" books, and both twins want to be touching and feeling the pages at the same time. Sometimes, they want to go back or forth in the layout and will get irked if their sibling is trying to flip ahead while they're trying to go back, so making sure that each of your kids has their own story to hold, explore, and flip through is handy.
Never Touch a Porcupine! has readers encounter a handful of forest fauna, including a prickly porcupine, and tells them what to do in each silly scenario.
Never Touch a Porcupine!
This is Never Touch a Porcupine! by Rosie Greening and Stuart Lynch. This playful board book takes readers a whimsical, wild ride with an enticing, touch-and-feel experience.
More Books in the "Never Touch A" Series
If you already have the standalone books in the "Never Touch a" series, try some of the below ones that combine different themes and sensory feels.
Never Touch A Shark!
This is a fun way to learn about some of the creatures in the ocean with plenty of textures for little toddler fingers to explore.
Never Touch The Bugs!
In addition to the cuteness of the bugs, this book helps teach little ones to count.
Never Touch The Dirty Diggers!
Our boys love big trucks, and this book helps them learn the real names of all the different kinds of construction eqiupment they see while they're out and about.
Never Touch The Monsters!
Monsters don't need to be scary, they can be funny! Use this book to practice counting and take some of the fear out of the word monster!
Never Touch A Grumpy Bunny!
In addition to the sensory play of the interesting textures, this book gives parents and kids an opportunity to talk about big feelings. We like to talk about how moods can change and why it's important to talk about the way you're feeling.
We'll often read two different "Never Touch a" books at the same time, with them each sitting side by side, and it works, because each spread has its own contained, little rhyme and image that can stand on their own.
Have you read any of the "Never Touch a" books with your twins? Which were their favorites? What do they like most about these books? Let us know in the Comments section below.
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