Never Touch An Axolotl!

Bumpy silicone touches run through these ten board pages, giving a baby something to do with their hands while the rhyme is read. Cara Jenkins writes the underwater nonsense and Stuart Lynch draws the axolotls, and the joke of the series is an instruction nobody intends to follow. For a child still learning what a book is, texture is often the way in: fingers find the raised patches, attention follows, and the rhythm of the words does the rest. The sturdy board format survives the handling that comes with that stage. Notes for readers: • Ten thick board pages with tactile silicone elements • Rhyming text written for babies and toddlers • Illustrations by Stuart Lynch in an underwater setting • Compact enough to keep in a bag on an outing Made for babies and toddlers meeting books through touch, and for the adults reading with them, available from Boipoka.