PBS KIDS Scales & Tails

by Jaye Garnett, Paula Bowen-Simms (Illustrator), Cottage Door Press (Editor)

Overview

Let's learn about animals and their textures with PBS KIDS® friends Dot, Dee, and Del! Touch, feel, trace, and talk about wildlife. Feel the scaly chameleon, the sticky frog tongue, and soft skunk tail. What is special about a chameleon's scaly skin? What does a bat's wing feel like? Are tarantulas hairy? Play with the sensory features in this sturdy board book for your curious baby and toddler. Bright, bold illustrations and photography are the perfect way to introduce animals and their unique textures to your little one! Interactive touch-and-feel books inspire hands-on learning.

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• Parents rank PBS KIDS #1 in preparing children for school, developing the skills kids need to succeed, and modeling positive behavior (Maru/Matchbox 2016)
• Toddlers love to touch and interact. Touch & feel books invite children to interact with the story and explore the world around them
• Touching the pages helps develop babies and toddlers sense of touch, supports hand-eye coordination, and inspires their curiosity
• Bright and bold photography and interactive textures appear on each page of this sturdy board book. Fun facts on each page encourage interaction and communication development
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781680529500
Publisher:	Cottage Door Press
Publication date:	08/25/2020
Series:	PBS Kids Touch & Feel Board Book
Pages:	10
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 6.40(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range:	1 - 4 Years

About the Author

Jaye Garnett believes that kids are smarter than we give them credit for! So when he writes books for children, he uses rich content that will spark curiosity and build their vocabulary. If a child wants to learn more about something after reading his book, he considers that a WIN!

When Jaye isn’t inspiring young minds, you might find him in a lighthouse. He is trying to visit every historic lighthouse in the U.S. He’d love to live in a lighthouse, but his spousal unit prefers to just admire them. For now.

(psssst! Jaye Garnett is actually a pen name for the Cottage Door Press team who worked on this book.)

Cottage Door Press is an independent publisher of high-quality children’s books. Our books are designed to spark curiosity in the littlest readers and fan the flames of lifelong learning. We understand children deserve our respect. That's why we always select artwork and stories that encourage caregivers to "read up" to their little ones––exploring interests together, learning together, and giving their young minds room to grow.

We also believe in creating stories that reflect the boundless possibilities of all children. We hope to create books that inspire little ones to connect, encourage them to dream, give them cause to celebrate, and allow them to see themselves beautifully reflected in the stories they read.

To bring these beautiful stories to life, our diverse and talented staff collaborates with authors and illustrators from all backgrounds and nationalities. We have also partnered with multicultural brands and literacy organizations to make sure our books reflect and reach as many little ones as possible.

Editorial Reviews

2020-10-27
In this nonfiction board book, animal facts are paired with touchable images.

From the creepy crawly to the slimy, each animal gets its own double-page spread complete with an up-close, detailed stock photograph. A touch-and-feel element is built into each animal’s image so that readers have a chance to interact with the fuzz on a tarantula and the velvety skin of a bat’s wing, for example. These touchable elements are largely successful. The actual stickiness of the frog’s tongue will impress little readers, and the subtle scales on the chameleon are well-integrated with the image. Others are less successful, however. The skunk’s tail is a swoop of plain white fuzz, and the tarantula’s “hairs,” while fun to touch, obscure the details underneath. The green-skinned PBS Kids characters accompany the animal images. The text itself is just the facts, rare for a board book. It introduces some great vocabulary, like predator and musk, but misses the opportunity to use the word nocturnal in both the bat and skunk entries. The book also assumes some prerequisite knowledge: Mammal is not explained, for example. This, coupled with the level of information shared, makes it an odd match for the board-book format.

The tactile elements and factoids will make it high appeal for curious readers, who will overlook its imperfections. (Board book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews