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Touch-and-feel books

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  • 20models tracked
  • $7 to $19price range

Touch-and-feel books by budget

The 12 touch-and-feel books with a published list price, split into thirds by price. A to Z within each lane. Price isn't a quality rating.

Budget-friendlyUnder $104
Mid-range$10 to $112
Splurge$11 and up6

All 20 touch-and-feel books

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Chronicle Books Baby Otter: Finger Puppet BookFollows Baby Otter through her day of playing with friends, diving for food, floating on her back and going to bed, with a plush finger puppet that peeks through each page.ISBN listedNo batteries –finger puppet0-3 years12–✓
Clarion Books Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy: A Touch-and-Feel BookLittle Blue Truck visits farm animals with a different texture to touch on each spread, along with rhymes and animal sounds.ISBN listedNo batteries Alice Schertle–0-3 years12$14.99✓
Cottage Door Press Winnie-The-Pooh Hello, Pooh Puppet BookA board book set in the Hundred Acre Woods with Pooh and his friends and a built-in plush Pooh finger puppet.ISBN listedNo batteries Cottage Door Pressfinger puppet1-4 years12–✓
DK Baby Touch and Feel: First Wordsby DK, touch-and-feel, 14 pagesISBN listedNo batteries DK––14$7.99✓
DK Children Baby Touch and Feel AnimalsA board book of animal pictures, from puppies to elephants, with textured patches to stroke on nearly every page.ISBN listedNo batteries DKtouch-and-feel prompts0-2 years14$7.99✓
DK Touch and Feel FarmFarm animals to meet, with textures to feel such as a lamb's wool, a duckling's fluffy belly and a piglet's face.ISBN listedNo batteries DKtouch-and-feel prompts0-3 years12$8.99✓
Lake Press Humpty Dumpty: Finger PuppetA board book retelling of the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme with a plush Humpty Dumpty finger puppet on every page.ISBN listedNo batteries Isabel Anielnursery rhyme, finger puppet1-3 years8$9.99✓
Make Believe Ideas Never Touch a Dinosaur!A mini-format board book of playful dinosaurs with bumpy silicone touches, with a strap and clip to attach to strollers and bags.ISBN listedNo batteries Alice Fewerytouch-and-feel prompts0+12$7.99✓
Make Believe Ideas Never Touch a Dinosaur!A funny rhyme warns readers never to touch a dinosaur and then invites them to touch a different silicone texture on every spread.ISBN listedNo batteries Rosie Greening–0+10$10.99✓
Make Believe Ideas Never Touch a Polar Bear!A funny rhyme warns readers never to touch a polar bear or other winter animals, then invites them to feel silicone textures on every spread.ISBN listedNo batteries Rosie Greening–0+10$10.99✓
Phoenix International Publications World of Eric Carle: Farm Songs Sound Booksound, 12 pagesISBN listed –––12–?
Phoenix International Publications World of Eric Carle: Firefly, Light Up the Skyby Erin Rose Wage, sound, 12 pagesISBN listed Erin Rose Wage–2-5 years12–?
Priddy Books See, Touch, Feel: 123A first numbers book with raised textures to touch on each page.ISBN listedNo batteries –rhyming0-2 years10–✓
Priddy Books See, Touch, Feel: A First Sensory Bookby Roger Priddy, touch-and-feel, 16 pagesISBN listedNo batteries Roger Priddy–03-2 years16–✓
Priddy Books See, Touch, Feel: Baby Signs: First Words to Sign With Your Babyby Roger Priddy, touch-and-feel, 16 pagesISBN listedNo batteries Roger Priddy–2-5 years16–✓
Priddy Books Ten Little Puppies (Little Squishies)A story about friendship and kindness in which puppies spread happiness to friends including dragons and unicorns, with squishy characters on each page.ISBN listedNo batteries –touch-and-feel prompts2-5 years20–✓
Silver Dolphin Books Who's Sleepy?A question on each page invites guessing which sleepy baby animal is hiding under a felt flap, among a bunny, mouse and owl, ending with a mirror flap.ISBN listedNo batteries Camilla Reidlift-the-flap prompts–10$9.99✓
Usborne Construction Site SoundsPress ten buttons to hear construction site sounds as builders put up a new house in detailed scenes.ISBN listedNo batteries Sam Taplinsound buttons12 months+10$19.99✓
Usborne Slide and See Things That GoBabies slide panels to move vehicles across the pages, with cut-outs and fingertrails to explore.ISBN listedNo batteries Fiona Wattslide-and-see panels6 months+10$10.99✓
Usborne That's not my puppyEach page looks at a puppy that is not the right one, with a different texture to stroke, until the right puppy turns up.ISBN listedNo batteries Fiona Watttouch-and-feel prompts3 months+10$10.99✓

Touch-and-feel books by the numbers

The 20 we compare, from each maker's published specs. Ranges, not ratings.

  • Pages8 to 20; the middle half 10 to 12 (20 of 20 publish it)
  • Edition year2008 to 2027; the middle half 2020 to 2024 (18 of 20 publish it)
  • Price$7.99 to $19.99; the middle half $8.99 to $10.99 (12 of 20 publish it)

How common each feature is

  • Where these facts come from6 of 8 that list it

Touch-and-feel books side by side

Sorted by edition year. Page counts, trim sizes and age labels are as the publisher or bookseller lists them.

BookAuthorPagesTrimEdition yearHow it readsAge label
Baby Touch and Feel AnimalsDK145-1/8 x 5-1/82008touch-and-feel prompts0-2 years
World of Eric Carle: Firefly, Light Up the SkyErin Rose Wage1211.0(w) x 11.0(h) x 0.8(d)2015–2-5 years
Baby Touch and Feel: First WordsDK14–2016––
See, Touch, Feel: A First Sensory BookRoger Priddy168.1(w) x 8.9(h) x 1.0(d)2018–03-2 years
Never Touch a Dinosaur!Rosie Greening107.32 × 7.32 × 0.79 in2020–0+
Never Touch a Polar Bear!Rosie Greening107.32 × 7.32 × 0.75 in2020–0+
Baby Otter: Finger Puppet Book–12–2021finger puppet0-3 years
That's not my puppyFiona Watt10–2023touch-and-feel prompts3 months+
Construction Site SoundsSam Taplin108.3 x 8.3in2024sound buttons12 months+
Humpty Dumpty: Finger PuppetIsabel Aniel8–2024nursery rhyme, finger puppet1-3 years
Little Blue Truck Feeling Happy: A Touch-and-Feel BookAlice Schertle128.400 x 9.250 x 0.6502024–0-3 years
Never Touch a Dinosaur!Alice Fewery124.13 x 4.13 x 0.552024touch-and-feel prompts0+
Slide and See Things That GoFiona Watt10–2024slide-and-see panels6 months+
World of Eric Carle: Farm Songs Sound Book–127.9(w) x 8.7(h) x 0.5(d)2024––
See, Touch, Feel: Baby Signs: First Words to Sign With Your BabyRoger Priddy168.1(w) x 9.1(h) x 0.9(d)2025–2-5 years
Touch and Feel FarmDK12–2025touch-and-feel prompts0-3 years
Winnie-The-Pooh Hello, Pooh Puppet BookCottage Door Press124.38 (H) x 4.38 (W) x .88 (D)2025finger puppet1-4 years
Who's Sleepy?Camilla Reid10–2027lift-the-flap prompts–
See, Touch, Feel: 123–109.25 x 8.25–rhyming0-2 years
Ten Little Puppies (Little Squishies)–209.5 x 9.5–touch-and-feel prompts2-5 years

Shelves by how the text reads

Rhyming and rhythmic (2)

Touch-and-feel and sensory (11)

Finger puppet (3)

Authors with more than one book here

Fiona Watt (2)

Roger Priddy (2)

Rosie Greening (2)

Reading with a baby

What to look for in touch-and-feel books

The range across every baby book here, with the typical middle half shaded and the shortlist marked.

Pages

The page count the publisher lists. Board book page counts include the covers in some listings.

8middle 1220

Typical: 10 to 12. 20 of 20 list it.

Edition year

The year of the edition we list, per the publisher or bookseller. A classic story can be much older than its board edition.

2008middle 20242027

Typical: 2020 to 2024. 18 of 20 list it.

Price

What it lists for at the maker or a major store. Sales move this often.

Baby Touch and Feel Animals
$7.99middle $10.99$19.99

Typical: $8.99 to $10.99. 12 of 20 list it. Lowest price: Baby Touch and Feel Animals.

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Questions about touch-and-feel books

Answers come from each maker's published specs. Safety and health questions link to the agency or medical source.

When should I start reading to my baby?

Use and supervision: follow the maker's warnings on the product, and see the AAP's safety and prevention pages. Check the label and the maker's instructions, and ask your pediatrician about your child.

Are books with attached parts OK for babies?

Use and supervision: follow the maker's warnings on the product, and see CPSC's Safe Nursery guide. Check the label and the maker's instructions, and ask your pediatrician about your child.

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