Violet's House

I got this book for my daughter a little after she turned 1. She loved it then, and she still loves it (she is now 2 years old). Every page of the book has different objects and textures to touch and feel. Page 1: regular fabric of the chair, smooth fabric of the curtains, knit fabric of the sweater and dog's fluffy head. Pages 1-2: smooth cup, real sponge, shiny toaster (you can look in it like in a mirror). Pages 3-4: fur on a bear, sticky fingerpaints, and apron fabric you can pull and move around. Pages 5-6: towel fabric, rubber duck, fleece rug and toothpaste (the toothpaste is supposed to smell like mint, but it doesn't smell like anything in our book - maybe this book sat on a shelf for a long time and the smell went away...) Page 7-8: quilt fabric, doll's hair. This book is large, colorful and sturdy. I've seen other touch and feel books, but none of them compare to this one.

I agree with the other reviewers. This book is awesome! The illustrations, short, simple rhymes on each page, and variety of tactile activities (including scented toothpaste and "sticky paints") all combine to make this a favorite of my 14 month-old's, who, by the way, began to get interested in this book at about 10 months. This book follows a little mouse through various rooms in her house as she plays, eats, bathes, and goes to sleep. I recommend this book for older babies because the pages are very busy and the book is extremely large (it will probably be one of the largest you own). Younger babies prefer simple page designs and books they can hold. Violet's House is definitely a keeper - a book your baby, preschooler, and early reader will enjoy. Buy it!

We bought this for our 10 month son and from day one he has ADORED it. Even now, at 12 months, he's still facinated, particularly with the 'sticky' finger paints and the yarn hair of the doll. This is one of the best touch & feel books I've ever seen. Couldn't recommend it more!

My son is 14 months old and for the past several months this has been his absolute favorite book. I was skeptical when we received it as a baby gift. Baby Einstein is so commercialized here that I thought, surely it'll be all hype. Not so! Each page has different textures and things for him to touch and feel-- a wooly sweater, squishy sponge, sticky fingerpaints. 3-4 things on each page with little verses to go with. The text flows smoothly with a nice rhythm and his fingers move from texture to texture as we go through the verses. He can't get enough! I highly recommend this book.

We purchased this for our 15 month old daughter for Christmas and she absolutely loves it! She's already a big fan of the touch and feel books (usually the DK line) but this was even nicer than the previous ones we own. Each page (well, two pages) features a room of Violet's house with three or four different items to touch and feel. As well, it provides tons of different textures--from a kitchen sponge (really a sponge) to a furry teddy bear to sticky finger paints and even a mint-smelling toothpaste! I've been a little disappointed lately with the touch and feel books we own as they all seem to have the same couple of textures in different colors (some even have the same texture repeated in a 5 page book). The text is nice as well, simple rhymes encouraging the child to find the different items to touch and feel.Overall, we are quite happy with the purchase. While the size of the DK books is easier for our daughter to hold on her own, the content of this book more than made up for the larger size. We chose to take it on our vacation with us and it kept her amused on the plane for quite a long time. We are fans of the Baby Einstein products already and this book was no exception.