That's Not My Teddy - Fiona Watt, Rachel Wells Reviews

I've been working my way through these books today, and it's been nice to revisit them. The 'That's not my teddy' book takes the reader through 5 teddies, all of which are not the narrators. Each one has a defining characteristic that identifies it as not being his or hers, e.g. it's pawas are too wooly, and these characteristics are ...  Read the complete review

My baby son is now 14 months old and I was looking for some things for him for Christmas, he has some fabric and bath books but had no real readable books of his own. I was in Early Learning Centre and spied their books were on a 3 for 2 offer so I thought I would have a look, it was then I saw the "That's not my....."series, I had seen ...  Read the complete review

Another great title in the Usborne touchy-feely series of books, written by Fiona Watt and illustrated by Rachel Wells, this time is the turn of an array of teddy bears! This series of books is aimed at young children (about 1-3years old) and is very engaging to them with bright simple pictures and an area of differing texture on each ...  Read the complete review

That's Not My Teddy is one of the books in the much loved Touchy-Feely range written by Fiona Watt. The books are aimed at 1-3 year olds and are designed to improve the touch and sight in relations to specific words by giving a dfferent textured feel to a part of each drawing. The front of the book has a picture of a teddy, and the ...  Read the complete review

Thats not my teddy is one of several titles in the 'Thats not my....' range of Usborne Touchy-Feely Board Books. The latest one I bought for my baby bear was 'Thats not my teddy'. This series of books are aimed at babies, and this particular title has 12 pages. Each page has a picture of a different teddy and the text will ...  Read the complete review

That's Not My Teddy is part of the popular range of Usborne touchy-feely books. It's one of the older 'That's not my...' books being first published in 1999. There are seemingly squillions of these books although currently twenty four are available from the Usborne website (http://www.usbornebooksathome.co.uk), including items such as ponys, ...  Read the complete review

There is a mountain of children's books on the market nowadays. The trick is knowing where to start. My suggestion is to go for what Jnr him/herself likes. May sound daft but if you let your toddler run riot in a bookshop, you can be sure that they will come back with a pile of books they "NEED". On a recent trip to the Early ...  Read the complete review

I hear, from a reliable source, that the best books for babies and toddlers are often the simplest. Well, when I say ‘hear’, I’m embellishing slightly; she can’t actually speak yet, at least not coherently. But the old adage ‘actions speak louder than words’ is certainly true in my daughter’s case. ...  Read the complete review