Similar to the numbers book, there is not enough to feel. I bought this because research says at 6 months babies are interested in touch and feel of objects. Too much foil and raised nubs and not enough fuzzy stuff. For example, on the elephant page, the feel part is foil water droplets supposedly sprayed by the elephant. To me, the message is lost. The page says elephant but the feel is water? Maybe when he gets older it may be more interesting.

I agree with a lot of the complaints. There are some pages with just some sparkly, smooth paper. There are very few words (and the words there leave something to be desired). However, this was a favorite for both of our sons. And it has held up for three years despite a ton of abuse. The boys loved the textures and we just supplied our own words to describe the pictures.

I gave 3 stars because my son enjoys the book, however I feel that several of the pages are cop outs. Like with the elephant page, the "feel" part is the water droplets which are pretty much the same texture as the book itself. Same with the snail trail.

The pictures are lovely but the "fur" is a bit strange. The fuz on the bunnies on the cover is very different than the fur on the bunnies inside. The book does not have a furry kitten, only a FD faintly fuzzy yarn ball, which is odd. Odder still is the decision to include a snail slime trail, a starfish with some very faint bumps, and a goldfish with the same texture as the starfish.

I bought this for my sister's new baby. The book is very cute, with a few great sensory pages. Many of the pages don't offer great texture, and some don't have any texture that a small child would notice at all.

- Physical quality is exactly what I'd expect from any board book. The pages are thick and durable. The cover is a little puffy.
- The cover has fuzzy areas on the rabbits, just like the inside pages.
- Some pages have nice soft fuzzy areas, even though they're all similar a child wouldn't mind.
- The fuzzy areas are smaller than I'd expect for a children's book. Many of them are so tiny that they're hardly there at all.
- Some pages just have weird cutouts with shiny material... not "touch and feel" at all - just areas of metallic paper. Misleading.
- A baby / small child would probably enjoy it a bit still, since they usually enjoy animals in general...
- And it was pretty cheap, I don't regret buying it - it could just be improved with more tactical / sensory areas.