Usborne Touchy Feely Trucks

this trucks one is extra cool because the touchable surfaces are large and there are frequently multiple touch surfaces on a given page. only recommendation for improvement is that some of the surfaces like the sandpaper one are a little rough for kids to be touching. they should really soften those up. My kids nails get destroyed if we let him play with that one for too long. but the variety of surfaces are very entertaining.

I don't know what people were talking about, this is a great quality book. Very sturdy, very cute. I love that it has multiple textures on each page to find. My son loves it.

Our two year old son loves cars and trucks to begin with, but he truly enjoys this book. Each page has different trucks with different textures. It's excellent for him to flip through on his own. I have found, when reading on his own, that he tends to bend or tear pages in other books that have flip-ups - so this book is one that I can leave out, he uses, and the damage to the pages are minimal, if any. So far, there's only one small tear, on one page. He likes to look at the pictures while I'm spooning him yogurt. I like having books around that he will actually use, and this is one of them. We have other books that may only have one picture of one truck on one page - and he gets stuck there and only wants to look at the truck. So, this book, having many trucks, gets him through it from cover-to-cover. He looks at all the pages. If you have a boy, this book is for them.

I agree with Suzanne's review of this book. I also purchased this for my son, and he really enjoys it. Really, really well made with very thick pages. Multiple textures and colorful illustrations. My only complaint would be that the text is a bit boring... "this big truck has a shiny red door"... "and this big truck has bumpy wheels".. (etc) Otherwise, I would give it 5 stars. Really good value for the price though. *** Other REALLY good touchy feely books are "Dinosaurs" and "Mermaids". (also by Usborne - Fiona Watt/Rachel Wells)

I can't say enough about the touchy feely book! It's hands down my daughter's favorite book right now. The pages are VERY thick, making it possible for the touchable parts of the page to be very thick also---they really feel like something---the load of sand feels sandy, the sheep feel fleecey, etc! The greatest part is that each page has MULTIPLE places to touch, and some are little and fun to find---like a dog with a furry coat next to the touchable truck, or a shiny headlight on a truck. The picture are clear and easy for a baby to enjoy, but there are also a few small details on each page for them to notice, like a little worm in the dirt. We have read this book over and over and over, and it's still in great shape---a good investment!