High Tide

You never have to worry about losing this book at the beach... it floats! Kids can pop out the soft, nontoxic foam sea creatures to answer the rhymes about who they are and feel their bumpy textures. "Who crawls on the sea floor / And skitters up to shore?" Is it a slippery fish, a prickly crab, a puckery sea horse, or a ticklish starfish? Kids remove the brightly colored shapes, and then easily press them back in. It's a perfect match for the beach, bath, playground--anywhere at all. Check out Dinos!, Rough Road, Whose Back Is Bumpy?, or any of the other textured titles in this terrific follow-up series to Soft Shapes. (Ages 1 to 4) --Emilie Coulter