Never Touch a Porcupine!

I purchased Never Touch a Porcupine for my daughter, and she absolutely loves it! We had received other books from the Never Touch series as gifts from my mother-in-law, and she enjoys all of them. These books are very interactive because each page has different textures to touch, which makes reading more engaging for toddlers. The amount of text is just right — not too much, so it’s perfect for little ones with short attention spans. The illustrations are colorful and fun, and the variety of textures adds an extra sensory experience. My daughter loves exploring every page, which is why I decided to purchase more books from this series. I highly recommend the Never Touch books to anyone with a toddler — they’re fun, educational, and perfect for keeping little ones interested!

My grandkids loved the different textures

This is easily one of my kids favorite books. The texture is so fun to play with, and there are lots of bright colors to look at. Great for all ages!

great sensory book

This book took awhile for my son to be interested in but now at 5 months he LOVES it. He likes to slap all the textured pages and finds the porcupine spikes are fun to put on his feet.

My little one loves books. Especially if the make sound or have different interactive pieces. This book is thick so no concern on pages tearing. The cover is by far the most fun to touch but all the pages a little different.

There is a whole series of these “Never Touch A” books, and my toddler adores them! These books are suitable for babies 0+ but your small toddlers are going to go whacky over these. I don’t think I first introduced this book until my son was about 14 months old, now he’s almost 19 months and he brings me one of these books several times a day. We now have Never Touch a Porcupine, Monster, Grumpy Bat, Panda, Dinosaur, and Dragon, because I was tired of reading the same book all day long. Each page has a rubberized textured part of the animal for the child to feel and explore. My toddler loves flipping through the pages before I can even finish reading them. When I DO get to read the entire page, my only complaint is that the type font changes too much. It’s big bold colorful stylized fonts mixed with small narrow cursive every few words, which looks very cute and communicates emphasis, but it makes the book a bit difficult to read when holding it at different angles for the toddler to see, especially if you’re reading it upside down. By this point, I have most of the pages memorized anyway, but my other concern is that as my toddler gets older and is learning to read, he’ll unfortunately have difficulty learning to read along to his favorite Never Touch A books, because quite a lot of the words are in cursive, and it’s the same for every book in this series. I think the books could achieve the same visual effect with a block type font that would be easier for everyone to read. Other than that, I still will continue to buy these types of books. The board books are pretty durable and hold up to lots of abuse. Porcupine is the one we’ve had the longest and is in the worst shape by far. I’ve just reinforced the spine and some of the pages with packing tape and it is still perfectly usable. I bought another copy as a gift for a friend’s baby shower and she loved it.

Bought this for my grandson that is 10 months old. He loves the textures. It's a nice sturdy book with a different texture one every other page. He already knows what part to touch. I would recommend any of the books in this series.