Xavier Deneux – illustratör

The newest in this series created to encourage hands-on play and learning, Touch and Explore™ Safari will keep young children busy learning through touch. They will enjoy the textures on every colourful spread and lift the flaps to find out more about their favourite safari animals.

Fuzz, fur, and feathers--there’s so much to discover on the Touch and Explore farm!Introducing Touch And Explore™, Twirl’s multisensory series for children who want to do more than just listen! Already bestsellers in their original French editions, these well-crafted interactive titles encourage hands-on engagement, learning, and knowledge retention.Packed with things to touch and farmland facts, this Touch And Explore™, offers a barn-full of farm time fun! Visual learners and pre-readers can get to know which animal is soft, curly, smooth, wooly or silky. They can lift and turn flaps to open the door of a hutch for rabbits, a coop for a hen nestled atop her straw nest. They’ll discover who says “bah!”, “oink!” or “cluck-cluck!”With over a dozen animals, this farmland feast for eyes, ears, and hands lets kids fully engage with every page.

Child development specialists have shown that children learn best when they acquire knowledge through multiple senses. Not only sight and sound, but touch as well, are critical elements in their development. Children love learning to name objects and they are in for a multisensory treat with this big book containing 150 words and 30 touch-and-feel elements. Featuring many things familiar in a young child's world-a soft blanket, the smooth skin of a dolphin, a rough-textured sack-this generously oversized volume helps young readers build vocabulary and develop picture and word associations. The perfect baby shower gift!