{"id":530,"date":"2014-07-30T18:54:42","date_gmt":"2014-07-30T18:54:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/?p=530"},"modified":"2014-07-30T18:54:42","modified_gmt":"2014-07-30T18:54:42","slug":"press-push-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/?p=530","title":{"rendered":"Press! Push! Tap!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the things I\u00a0love most about reading to very young children is their tendency to reach out and touch the illustrations, almost as if they’re soaking up the story and words with their\u00a0pudgy little fingertips! \u00a0As they grow older, it seems that they\u00a0often learn to sit more passively and listen as stories are read to them. Sure, some books invite verbal participation through repetition and other techniques,\u00a0but\u00a0more tangible interaction is\u00a0sometimes missing from books for older children.\u00a0Happily, there seems to be a trend in\u00a0 book publishing at the moment that invites a more interactive experience. Here are three newish picture books that are begging to be touched!<\/p>\n

Press Here by Herve Tullet<\/a><\/p>\n

Released in North America in 2011, this book by French author Herve Tullet has enamored teachers, parents and children of all ages with its simplicity, imagination and playfulness. The book invites readers to press dots of various colours and watch as they move, grow, shrink and dance across the page. A simple idea, brilliantly enacted.<\/p>\n

Don’t Push the Button by Bill Cotter<\/a><\/p>\n

Instead of a variety of dots, this book simplifies everything down to\u00a0a single\u00a0red button.\u00a0 A purple monster named Larry first forbids but then urges readers to push the button, not realizing the zany effects this will have!\u00a0 Interactive,\u00a0silly and great for read-alouds.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson<\/a><\/p>\n

This lovely book invites readers to help a tree change\u00a0through the seasons by tapping, blowing, shaking and rubbing the pages. As buds appear,\u00a0fruit grows and falls to the ground, leaves change colour and whoosh away, children\u00a0are immersed in the\u00a0cycle\u00a0of the four seasons. Magical and beautifully illustrated. \u00a0<\/p>\n

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\"Don't<\/a>\"Tap<\/a><\/p>\n

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Additional fun interactive picture books in our collection include “Can You Make a Scary Face?” by Jan Thomas<\/a> and “Count the Monkeys” by Mac Barnett<\/a>. If you know of others please share below!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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One of the things I\u00a0love most about reading to very young children is their tendency to reach out and touch the illustrations, almost as if they’re soaking up the story and words with their\u00a0pudgy little fingertips! \u00a0As they grow older, it seems that they\u00a0often learn to sit more passively and listen as stories are read … Continue reading »<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[8,9,10],"tags":[28,27,5,6],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":27,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":558,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions\/558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.windsorpubliclibrary.com\/kids\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}