That's Not My Monster

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Best of the series - Rated
This is an excellent series of books and in my opinion one of the best titles. My daughter loved these from about 6-18 months and now at nearly 2 she knows them well enough to imitate the words. Another favourite game when she was smaller was 'find the mouse' on each page. Like others have stated these are extremely hard-wearing books and even after much usage they still look good as new.

Bright, fun and touchy-feely - Rated
We've been reading this book to our toddler for over a year and it's yet to become wearing - the best recommendation I can give.

The pages all feature well-described, differently-textured pieces which are perfect for little fingers. Well-drawn, friendly-looking monsters with big features help in learning to point out eyes and noses and there's a little mouse to find on every page. Top entertainment!

That's Not My Monster - Rated
I have a 2½ year old, and this is his favourite book by far. He shouts for it EVERY night and will not go to sleep until it has been read to him. He also has the 'That's not my truck' from the series which he also loves. The books have 'Touchy-feely' pages, and the best thing about them is their bright and colourful pages, containing ALL the main colours in the spectrum, which are of course helping him to learn 'his colours'. The stories are great and easy for small children to follow and there is a white mouse on every page including the front and rear covers, which children love to search for. With the 'That's not my monster' book most of the pages refer to body parts such as nose, eyes, hands, ears and eye brows etc, this helps your child to learn the parts of his or her body. Also some of the monsters have four horns or ten spikes which helps to teach your child how to count.
These books are supposed to be suitable for reading level: ages 4-8, but I say buy this as a first book. As an 18 month old toddler will soon pick up the story and be reading along with you from memory, which is going to encourage your child to read.

These should be issued at the hopsital - Rated
Any parent who hasn't discovered the Usborne touchy-feely 'That's not my X...!' series is missing out. The amount of joy my child has had from this series never fails to amaze me. These hard-back board books with (mostly!) wipe clean pages are beautifully bright and bold, as well as being incredibly robust (yes...even against teeth!). The pictures captivate children of all ages, even when very tiny. As the child grows they can begin to enjoy the story itself (a mouse searching for something she has lost)and the use of repetition and structure make these the perfect literary introduction for toddlers.

Usborne clearly made these books to last because they anticipated how long children were going to love them. I expect to see them on our shelves for a long, long time to come...