Bill Cotter (3)

It's good to meet Larry again! Larry has a lot of rules, like Don't Push the Button!, and now Don't touch this book! But thankfully Larry is really bad at follow his own rules too. So the new rule is quickly downgraded to "only one finger!", and of course as soon as you drag one finger on the page magic happens, because that's what happens with good books, you touch them and magic happens. You know what I am talking about. So Larry allows you to use all your fingers! And... wow! Now there's show more no way to stop this! Let's wiggle, and spin, and... and... you better discover it by yourself!

Another great, funny, colorful, interactive picture book to enjoy and treasure.

Age range: up to 6 years old

I received this copy from the publisher via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

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Don’t Touch This Book! is narrated by a purple monster named Larry, who gives readers the title warning almost immediately. This is his book and he doesn’t want anyone to mess with it. After a moment however, he decides the audience can touch it with one finger, which quickly escalates to robots and rampaging dinosaurs taking over the pages.

Following the tradition of his previous book, Don’t Push the Button!, the author has created a story that is interactive, exciting, and satisfying. show more Kids will love participating in the story and playing a role in the climax and culmination. With careful planning this book could work as well in a school or library story time as it would as a one-on-one read aloud. show less

First sentence: Hey there! Great to see you again! I'm so excited to be visiting the farm with you. Let's go! Don't open the gate that means you!!! Oh, don't worry about that sign. It's probably nothing. Could you flip open the latch? I can't reach it.

Premise/plot: This is an interactive board book in the sense that it is asking readers to participate using their imagination. (Think Blue's Clues or Dora the Explorer or the like). It is written using the second person--you. The book is pure show more silliness from cover to cover.

My thoughts: These books fall flat unless you're really to engage fully. I do think the book can be appealing because it is enthusiastically over-the-top silly. I think the person reading aloud can help this be an engaging read as well. (Sometimes how you read a book aloud is so important.)

I like this one, but didn't personally love it. show less

I still like "Press Here" better as an interactive book, but this one was pretty cute, too. I can imagine making buttons with kids in storytime so they can all press their own buttons during the story as we're reading it. Definitely one to keep in mind for the future...