That's Not My Monster...(Usborne Touchy-Feely Books)

Liam adores this, it's hard to give up the library copy. The mixture of colourful pages and interesting textures bring him back again and again. There's an easy game of spot the mouse one each page that he's just started to get the hang of.

We just love this series! We never, ever, get tired of reading it again and again!

In each book the little white mouse is looking for his doggy, reindeer, dinosaur, monkey, bunny, train or lion that seems to be always lost. But before finding it he has to pass for many wrong ones, maybe because its paws are too soft, or its ears too velvety, or the tail too hairy. And you can actually touch them to check they really are! The text is easy and repetitive, so the kids quickly are able to "read" it, and its full of tasty words like bumpy, squashy and fluffy, that are always funny for them to say.

A cute, cute, cute series for toddlers.

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That's Not My Monster is a typical touch-and-feel book, with just a few picture spreads and very normal fabrics to touch. The most original one is probably the swath on the cover, with its bobbly texture. Nonetheless, my daughters really liked this book. Maybe its the subject matter, as they love monsters - friendly monsters. Also, the middle monster has this shiny vinyl type material for paws. Both girls loved that page. I didn't expect much out of this book, but it's a hit with the girls, which earns it a solid average rating.

It's very simple. A little mouse runs around trying to find his monster, each monster is wrong for some touchy-feely reason.

Very striking, simple pictures, very easy text for little babies and toddlers. Any child is capable of sitting through this one!

I do find that two of the pages stick together, probably because of the texture used on the paws ("bumpy"), and I am continually disappointed that the rough horns aren't very.

But overall, it's a great book in a great series.

The best of the 'That's not my...' series! As someone who had an imaginary monster-friend as a child, I heartily approve.

My 5 months old and I love the monsters, and the touchy feely bits are really good on this one.

A touchy-feely book about monsters.